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Fabric Brochure

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Organize your fabric stash with a fabric brochure.

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    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.

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    Designate a page per colour and colour in a tab on the right with that colour. One tab per page.


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    Cut off the remaining tabs that you did not colour.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    Cut a small square from your fabric.


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    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.

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    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.

  7. Step 7

    Step 7

    Make pages for all the colours and use any remaining tabs for things like felt, ribbon and trimmings.

  8. Step 8

    Step 8

    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.

  9. Step 9

    Step 9

    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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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.

Tiffany S.

25 Oct 06:56

Cute idea!

Laura T.

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

Crafty Minou

11 Dec 21:05

I wish I had enough fabric to use this idea :P

Crafty Minou

Crafty Minou

11 Dec 21:05

I wish I had enough fabric to use this idea :P

Ruth H.

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.

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

charmaine

08 Mar 15:40

this is fantastic!
you could even replace the fabric with ribbons and make it a personal collection!

Judy L.

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.

Judy L.

09 Mar 05:01

Kat,

Nevermind, I figured out where the .pdf links were. Thanks for a great project.

Ginger Ginger.

Ginger Ginger.

13 Apr 23:01

i love that idea! its so cool! one small question
:wheres the PDF thinga mabobby?

Ariane A.

Ariane A.

08 May 03:44

where's the pdf link?

mandypants

mandypants

28 May 11:03

hey i'm just wondering where to get the pdf from :)

Sarah G.

Sarah G.

25 Jan 15:12

how do i download the pdf?

Esmee

Esmee

19 Feb 10:55

@mandypants, yes I want it too:O

Carol Y.

Carol Y.

18 Apr 02:31

i love this idea - where do I find the PDF?

Susan K.

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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