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Fabric Brochure
Organize your fabric stash with a fabric brochure.
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Before you begin, you will need to download the page pdf and print this out on to thick paper or card, make 15 of these initially.
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Designate a page per colour and colour in a tab on the right with that colour. One tab per page.
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Cut off the remaining tabs that you did not colour.
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Cut a small square from your fabric.
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Stick this to the page and write in it's details below: fabric type, fabric colour, amount you have in your stash and where you bought it from.
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Label the fabric with a code, and then place a tab on to the fabric with the corresponding code. Continue this with the rest of your fabric.
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Make pages for all the colours and use any remaining tabs for things like felt, ribbon and trimmings.
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Now, download the cover pdf and print this out on to coloured card. Place this on the front of your brochure and a second, blank bit of card, at the back.
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Punch holes through the entire stack and slip on a couple of jump rings. Now you're ready to get organized.
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Posted By:Cat Morley »
April 19, 2007 17:36
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hb
21 Apr 04:58
thanks for the pdf! this is too cute of an idea!
The Queen
21 Apr 04:58
Kat:
That's effing brilliant!
And being that I am an obsessive collector of all things fabric and notion like I have bins and bins of stuff and this would be good for me to do so I know what I have. Because gawd knows I go the fabric store and buy "just because" and now I can buy with confidence knowing that I don't have it, I'll just bring this book with me.
violentlyknits
22 Apr 13:58
ooohhh! this might be just the push I need to get my fabrics organized. thanks!
Kitty
23 Apr 15:12
Thanks, nice one - very handy. This would also work for recording my dyeing experiments.
Clary Page
24 Apr 00:53
cool idea!!!! i`m totally gonna use it thank you so much! i really admire people with sense of organization =P
michelleshocked
29 Apr 05:23
Brilliant!!!!
Carlos Alonso
02 May 18:00
Your blog is very brilliant!
Jaime
08 May 01:12
This is such a fantastic idea!!!
Jess
27 May 16:05
Such a cool idea!!! i freakin love it!! you are bloody brilliant!
f * jackie
05 Jun 19:46
Really great idea! I hope you don't mind if I tweak it a little bit to use for my piles and piles of scrapbook paper. I am always looking through it for the perfect piece, how convenient to have it all in one place!
f * jackie
05 Jun 19:46
Really great idea! I hope you don't mind if I tweak it a little bit to use for my piles and piles of scrapbook paper. I am always looking through it for the perfect piece, how convenient to have it all in one place!
Laura
28 Jun 19:09
Great idea, and thanks for the PDF!
Bonnie
29 Jun 23:13
Awesome idea! I just printed off your spreadsheet and plan to organize my fabric this weekend. I already keep a sewing journal and a knitting spreadsheet so this will help a lot!
Hmmm.... might just adapt this idea for a yarn binder as well!
QueenMum
29 Jun 23:13
This might even work, easy to add to and I could tape it right to my stash suitcase. Hmmmm... Now if I can only find a moment.
Karen
29 Jun 23:14
wowie!! And here I thought IIIIIIIIIII was organized. This is fantastic ~ THANK you! I have my next 2 weekends planned out now :P
Tiffany S.
25 Oct 06:56
Cute idea!
Laura T.
28 Oct 01:36
Great ideal! I've been looking for something to put fabric samples in. Thanks for the project.
Crafty Minou
11 Dec 21:05
I wish I had enough fabric to use this idea :P
Crafty Minou
11 Dec 21:05
I wish I had enough fabric to use this idea :P
Ruth H.
18 Jan 13:19
umm ... where do I download the pdf from please? I can't see a link or anything :s. This looks great :)
Eva W.
23 Jan 15:36
Thanks so much for this beautiful idea! It's exactly what I needed to organize my fabric swatches :D
charmaine
08 Mar 15:40
this is fantastic!
you could even replace the fabric with ribbons and make it a personal collection!
Judy L.
09 Mar 04:54
Hi Kat,
Love the project, however, I can't find the link to the .pdf file. Could you please tell me where to get the file? Thanks!
Judy L.
09 Mar 05:01
Kat,
Nevermind, I figured out where the .pdf links were. Thanks for a great project.
Ginger Ginger.
13 Apr 23:01
i love that idea! its so cool! one small question
:wheres the PDF thinga mabobby?
Ariane A.
08 May 03:44
where's the pdf link?
mandypants
28 May 11:03
hey i'm just wondering where to get the pdf from :)
Sarah G.
25 Jan 15:12
how do i download the pdf?
Esmee
19 Feb 10:55
@mandypants, yes I want it too:O
Carol Y.
18 Apr 02:31
i love this idea - where do I find the PDF?
Susan K.
19 Apr 04:25
A wonderful idea that I really need to organize my stash. but where can I find the pdf?
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