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

Apr 21, 2007 4:58am ago

thanks for the pdf! this is too cute of an idea!

The Queen

Apr 21, 2007 4:58am ago

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

Apr 22, 2007 1:58pm ago

ooohhh! this might be just the push I need to get my fabrics organized. thanks!

Kitty

Apr 23, 2007 3:12pm ago

Thanks, nice one - very handy. This would also work for recording my dyeing experiments.

Clary Page

Apr 24, 2007 12:53am ago

cool idea!!!! i`m totally gonna use it thank you so much! i really admire people with sense of organization =P

michelleshocked

Apr 29, 2007 5:23am ago

Brilliant!!!!

Carlos Alonso

May 2, 2007 6:00pm ago

Your blog is very brilliant!

Jaime

May 8, 2007 1:12am ago

This is such a fantastic idea!!!

Jess

May 27, 2007 4:05pm ago

Such a cool idea!!! i freakin love it!! you are bloody brilliant!

f * jackie

Jun 5, 2007 7:46pm ago

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

Jun 5, 2007 7:46pm ago

Laura

Jun 28, 2007 7:09pm ago

Great idea, and thanks for the PDF!

Bonnie

Jun 29, 2007 11:13pm ago

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!