Hi, everyone, my name is Chelsea and I'm the technical illustrator here at Seamwork
and today I want to show you how I store my fabric.
Now, I've recently redone my whole sewing space.
So right now I'm still playing around with what I like and trying to figure out what
works best for me in both the sewing and creative space,
so I'm still figuring it out right now.
Currently, I keep my new cut woven fabric
in this one, new cuts of knit fabric in this one.
This one has bigger sized scraps of
fabric that still have, you know, a lot of potential,
but I also keep big, other pieces here, like this one is like an old bed sheet.
So big pieces of muslin fabric going here as well.
And then in here, I have my scraps.
Now, inside the bins themselves,
I don't really have a particular way that I like to fold them or anything,
but I try to keep them folded up like this so I can easily search and find
and see all the fabric that I currently have.
I may be playing around with how to store
these in another way, some time, but for now, I found that this works well for me.
So right now it's probably not the most aesthetically pleasing one.
You just tore my fabric,
but it's been really efficient, so I don't really mind it too much.
But I still intend to play around with how I store them and maybe I'll find a better
method that meets both esthetic and efficiency.
But for right now,
having it separated into knits, wovens, muslin scraps and then scrap scraps has
worked pretty well. Now for the fabric that I plan to use next,
I have two of them because I can't decide.
I have this beautiful sage green rib knit and then this kind of coppery rust color
rib knit. Both of them being from I See Fabric,
and I was thinking one of them I would
make into a Seamwork Orlando top or possibly a GreenStyle Clara
wrap top.
Haven't decided yet, but I think I'll be working on them pretty
soon. For my favorite fabric in my collection,
I have to go with this peach skin
fabric that I've had now for a little while.
It just makes me so happy to look at it.
It's just so bright and summery.
How can it not make you feel good?
And it feels good too since it's a peach skin.
But I got this one locally here at Bolt.
I was thinking I might make a Decades
of Style two piece little summer outfit with it.
I'm hoping to make it finally this summer.
I've been saying that for like the last
couple of years, but I think this summer might be the time.
Now, the fabric that I've had the longest
in my collection is this really fun cotton that I got in Japan a number of years ago.
It's very sentimental to me.
I bought it on my birthday and
and it's just also so bright.
It's hard to pick exactly what I use it for without having any regrets,
because it's so beautiful and it's been with me for so long.
I thought about maybe I'd make some
accessory patterns with it or just a really
POW dress, but but we'll see, maybe you'll just stay with me uncut.
I don't know. Now the fabric that
I'm the most hesitant to cut into is this beautiful rust colored silk.
I got this one here locally at Mill End, and I just love it.
It was so beautiful,
I just had to buy it right away.
I was thinking I might use it to make an Ogden cami lengthened into a dress,
but like with all silks, it's always so nerve racking,
so we'll see what I actually get to it.
Thanks so much for joining me on this little fabric stash tour of mine.
Hope you had fun.
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leave a comment down below. Let me know -
do you have any ideas of what I should use this fabric for?
I would love to hear some suggestions.
Thanks so much for joining me. Happy sewing!