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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

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

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

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!

QueenMum

Jun 29, 2007 11:13pm ago

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

Jun 29, 2007 11:14pm ago

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.

Oct 25, 2007 6:56am

Cute idea!

Laura T.

Laura T.

Oct 28, 2007 1:36am

Great ideal! I've been looking for something to put fabric samples in. Thanks for the project.

Crafty Minou

Crafty Minou

Dec 11, 2007 9:05pm

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

Crafty Minou

Crafty Minou

Dec 11, 2007 9:05pm

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

Ruth H.

Ruth H.

Jan 18, 2008 1:19pm

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.

Jan 23, 2008 3:36pm

Thanks so much for this beautiful idea! It's exactly what I needed to organize my fabric swatches :D

charmaine

charmaine

Mar 8, 2008 3:40pm

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

Judy L.

Judy L.

Mar 9, 2008 4:54am

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.

Mar 9, 2008 5:01am

Kat,

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

cam

cam

Apr 13, 2008 11:01pm

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

Ariane A.

Ariane A.

May 8, 2008 3:44am

where's the pdf link?