Working from a stash

[JulieW8]

This is what it looks like when I'm starting a project from stash - I start pulling out every piece of fabric that looks like it might be "right" for the project. The downside is having to put away what I don't use.

How do you organize a project from stash?
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[cashs_mom]

That's exactly how I do albeit not as neatly. I pull fabric and toss them on the table to see what seems to work and what doesn't. When I get what I think will work, I fold them and lay them in a row so I can see them together. If they look okay after I looked at them for a few days, I put the rejects away for another project. If I think the chosen fabrics need something more I work them some more I'm happy with what I have. Then I put the fabrics I'm not going to use away.

[Rhonda K]

Your fabrics are gorgeous!

I go through the bin and pull out possibilities. Folded stash in the closet that I’m considering comes out. If not used, it goes back A stack along the edge of the shelf. Every once in a while, I have to re-sort the stash colors.

[Mary Lynn]

Same process. Always surprising how some I am sure are perfect when I pull them just don’t work with the other fabrics. I never get them put away as neatly & have to re-sort the stash after a couple of projects.

[grammaterry]

Oh heck you girls are so organized. I just figure out how much fabric its going to take. Then I get my scrap bag out....I see how large my smaller pieces are . Then I use those as my color pallate and just pull any yardage...smallest pieces first until I get enough to make a big quilt. I always like the magic of a scrap quilt because I don't plan the colors, I just let them happen.

[MHG Winnower]

You have a special gift for taking any piece of fabric and turning it into a cohesive work of art!

[Ruthie734]

I agree, you have a special gift of matching scraps in a quilt that makes a beauty every time. I wish I had that gift. I have to labor over matching fabric. I think that’s why I love the precut packages. They all coordinate with each other.

[Teen]

Julie….buy a project box from Joann’s….I use these to kit up all projects whether scrappy or not. Below, is my current project where I pulled all my woven fabrics…some I will use, likely some not. I cannot create if there is a mess so these help my anxiety…lol.. Joann’s has these on sale all the time…sometimes buy 1 and get second one 1/2 off. I own a gazillion of them…

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[Ruthie734]

These project boxes are what I use too. I love them!

[chelea]

Yup, I use those boxes too. But my system is a little different. I have just 3 and they contain only the projects I'm actively working on. Everything else stays where it is until I'm ready to start the project. This keeps me from getting overwhelmed.

[Rhonda K]

Love these project boxes and use them in the sewing room. I use the double stack box to hold rulers and templates.

[KarenC]

Don't really have a system. Sometimes it is organized, other times it's a hot mess.

[URIBARRI-MAYOR]

I also use the same method and finally the fabrics that I don't use go back to the cupboard

[chelea]

I do the same thing. I've learned from Bonnie Hunter to push the boundaries of whichever colors I'm looking for. I think that's what gives a quilt "sparkle", to have a color that's just a little bit off the spectrum.