Thank you all for your great suggestions. I still haven't put the new items away. I am still looking at them.

It does look like I have space for another shelf, but I really don't the way the bookcase is made.

I could buy a new basket at World Market but that is bringing in something I won't need once I use the strips.

The true solution is to find time to quilt more and use up the stash. If only there were three extra days in a weekend.