Introducing Nancy Zieman’s Garnet Fabric Collection
Let me introduce you to my new fabric line, Garnet, by Penny Rose(a sister company of Riley Blake Designs) with 24 coordinating pieces. Ranging from the signature garnet color to a yummy salmon shade and then to a wheat color, the eight prints with three colorations each are—I think— a tasteful grouping.
Three New Patterns
Nancy’s Spool Quilts
A new fabric line deserves new patterns! First, Nancy’s Spool Quilts. Made with half-square triangles, the block design has depth due to the subtle shades of the fabric. The pattern includes instructions and yardage requirements for a lap and double/queen size quilts. For speedy half-square triangle making, use my No-Hassle Triangle Gauge.
Dresden Fan Quilts
Looking for a quilt that uses fat quarters? The Dresden Fan Quilts Pattern is for you. All 24 Garnet fabrics, plus four neutral background fabrics are used in this quilt. The template pattern is included within the pattern. The secret to making the 1/4 circles for the fans is fusible interfacing. Hint: For a lap quilt you’ll need 1-3/8 yards of lightweight interfacing. Note: Both printed and downloadable patterns are available!
PS: The Dresden Fan Quilt is ideal for making a scrap-buster quilt!
Ferris Wheel Quilt
The 12″ finished blocks are made with two Ferris Wheel appliqué versions. Stitch one strip set of fabric and get two different looking Ferris Wheels! I know you’ll appreciate my easy appliqué methods using, again, fusible interfacing. No cutting of circles, only fabric squares. It’s rather magical. Available in printable and downloadable patterns.
Hobo Tote
In addition to quilt making, use my Fat Quarterfriendly Hobo Tote Template set to create a roomy tote to take on a long-distance trip, a shopping trip, or to a quilt class. With a pack of fat quarters or yardage, you’ll have many options!
Quilting With Nancy: Fat Quarter Mystery Quilt
Join me in 2017 as we make a 15″ block each month featuring the Garnet fabric line. The blocks will release on the third Saturday of each month. I’ll see you there! Click here to join the Fat Quarter Mystery Quilt, anytime.
Watch Sewing With Nancy online.
For a chance to win a collection of my three NEW quilt patterns along with a 22-piece fat quarter bundle of my NEW Garnet fabric, leave a comment sharing your answer to: How do you sort your fabric stash? By color, size, collection, project, etc?
The winner of a copy of Sew Simple with Rectangles & Squares book from Nancy’s Notions is Gina M. Her comment was, “I am ‘older’ and my favorite traditions are more like favorite memories now. I *love* sewing Christmas Stockings all year long. They make great wedding presents, baby presents—and new ones are added as families grow. One bride recently told the family that it felt like she was an ‘official’ member of the family when she saw her name embroidered on her stocking!”
The winner of the Cuddle Buddies Hats and Scarves book from Nancy’s Notions is Sherin Sellman. Her comment was, “The giraffe hat is my favorite.”
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Theresa Callihan
I sort my fabrics by color for the smaller pieces. but the larger ones are constantly moving around. If I have several projects going at once like Christmas then I need those fabrics front and center. Easter I would want my Spring fabrics. Sometimes I just love a fabric so much seeing it gives me inspiration. Would love the Garnet Collection. It is my birthstone. Thank you.
Marsha Dimond
Nancy, that new fabric line is GORGEOUS! I sort my fabric “resoure center” by color. When I pull fabric for a project all the fabrics are kept in a basket until the project is finished.
Cindy Buchite
I sort mostly by color, other than many ’30s, Civil War and baitiks!
Maria R
I sort my fabric by color. Happy holidays to all
Lorna DeSantis
I sort, first by project, and then by color.
Pat T.
*Beautiful* fabrics!
I keep the fabrics pulled for a project together until it’s done…
And I sort other fabrics by fabric type (prints, solids, batiks), and then by color.
I do keep collections together…
Thank you, Nancy, for all you do!!
Happy Holidays!!
Pat T.
Libby Pasztor
The new Garnet collection is perfectly lovely, and each pattern is more delightful than the last! My stash? Sorted by project, of course, but mainly by collection. It’s too big to sort any other way—I used to work in a fabric store, and it’s kind of overflowing…..
Jeannie Simon
I sort my stash by project so that it’s all together when I’m ready to work on it. The rest of my stash is sorted by type such as civil war, aunt grace, batik and so on. These different types are then sorted by color making it easy to see what I have.
Margaret Dacko
I sort the fabric by purpose home dec, quilting, or clothing. The quilting fabric is by color but I also have stacks of theme fabric Christmas and other holidays, cats, candy for that jar quilt, etc. I love the new fabric line colors and know my mother will enjoy it too.
Elizabeth Murphy
I sort my stash by color.
Peggy
I love these Garnet colors! Thank you!
Gail Mandel
I sort by color. I found I work best thay way.
Marianne Squire Maszer
Thanks for the chance to win. I sort by color, but I have a bin for a year long crazy quilt project. Good luck to all! Merry Christmas!
Happy Hanukkah! Happy New Year!
Pam Tatge
I sort by project and color. When I purchase materials for a project I store them all in one bin. I sort the fabric in my stash by color so I can match colors I need quickly. I just love the new line of red garnet. It would go perfectly in my home.
Mary Grubbs
I can’ wait to try the new fabric line! Love the colors! I sort my fabric by color, but right now I’m in a frenzy of sewing for the holidays, so things may not always get back to the right place . . . A project for January!
Helen in beautiful Colorado
Good Morning Nancy!
This is a beautiful fabric selection.
I sort my fabrics by fiber type, color and then value. I sew all types of fabrics so I have a box (or two) for the cottons, one for silks and one for rayons. This is my form of therapy!
Thanks for this chance.
Bonnie Jo Berg
I sort pieces fat quarter or larger by color in bins. Scraps are cut into usable strip sizes ( 1.5″, 2″, 2.5″ and 3″) and sorted into bins. I hang larger yardage pieces with pants hangers in my sewing room closet. Non-quilting fabric is in large bins.
Love the new fabric line, RED is my favorite color!
Robin
I sort larger pieces by type (knit, fleece, cotton, etc.) and within type by color. Smaller pieces such as charms or fat quarters (my favorites), I keep in collections or color groupings. I absolutely love your new color line and whether I win or not, I’ll be ordering soon. It’s too gorgeous not to.
Jan
I sort my fabrics by type first (flannel/cotton/ silk …), color second (red/ green/ blue…), and type third (novelty/ floral/ Asian …). Scraps are sorted by size. My supportive husband turned a wall closet into a series of “cubbies” to hold my fabric, batting, rulers etc. All I have to do is open the door for inspiration.
Judy Kirkpatrick
I like to start out in an organized fashion, sorting the fabric by size, then color. Then I sit on the floor and dream about patterns. Then I have a cup of coffee and think. For me, this is a happy day. I do need to enlarge my scrap stash.
Julie Preston
I sort my fabrics by projects I am going to do. If I found the project in a magazine or on a blog like yours, I make a copy of the picture and information about it. This works very well as a future reference, as I normally work on more than one project at a time. I love your new fabric line Nancy, it’s my favorite color combination!! Merry Christmas to you and your family!!
Pati
I sort by color *and* by project! Projects are kept in ArtBin totes, along with the pattern, thread and other accessories so that I know what was intended for each project (otherwise, I forget why I bought specific patterns or fabrics). The rest of my fabric stash is arranged by color, and then by hue, in re-purposed wooden wine crates placed on bookshelf supports. I love having a rainbow on my wall…
Susi McCarthy
I just moved a week ago and so am now unpacking my fabric to put it back on the shelves. I’m crazy for Christmas so I sort my fabrics by Christmas Fabrics (Santa!) and then by color – which tend to be in Christmas Colors as well. I really like the new colors – very Christmasy!! Have a blessed day.
Cynthia Taylor
I sort by collections until my project is completed. Scraps are sorted by color.
Theresa Brooks
I store the quilting cottons by color, my other fabrics are sorted by fabric types (knits, rayons, etc).
Debbie K
Congratulations on your new fabric collection – it’s beautiful!
I sort my stash by color. Precuts are kept in tact until I’m ready to dig into them. Love your Spools quilt
Jade
Some fabric is sorted by project, and most is sorted by color or theme, like children’s fabric, and patriotic fabric. Red is my favorite color, so LOVE your new fabric!
Thunder
I sort by project, and by people, and by color.
Fabrics for specific projects go together into a box. Fabrics that I purchase with a certain person in mind, go into a bin with that name on it. Basic stash is sorted by color for the most part.
Your new fabrics are beautiful.
Merry Christmas, and thanks for the chance at winning some 🙂
Shirley S.
I sort my fabric by project in plastic see through storage boxes along with the pattern so that when I am ready to start, I am not searching all over for the pattern or fabric. I also have a smaller stash of mixer fabrics I store by color.
Cindy Fraher
I sort by color and project.
Lana
My stash is sorted in a variety of ways. The larger pieces jand fat quarters and fat eighths are sorted by color with the larger pieces wrapped on cards and lined up book style on shelves while the fat quarters and eighths are folded and tucked into a small cubby type shelf. Scraps are sorted by lights and darks into two bushel baskets. But then I have some of my stash sorted into what I call my “kits” which are future projects and are tucked into small tubs and baskets. I love variety. Can you tell? LOL
Andrea Smith
WOW! What a Beautiful reds collection! I sort my fabrics by color if they are solids and by designer if they’re prints or a series in the same color tones. These reds would make a fabulously s quilt!
Cindy Charlton
I sort by fabric types first – a drawer for knits and silky fabrics, a drawer for misc., 2 drawers for quilt fabrics are sorted by colors, and then I hang large garment cuts over hangers in the closet. Of course, that being said, I also have several totes with current project pieces, and a scrap bin.
Karen McDonner
Nancy, I love the Garnet Collection, red is one of my favorite colors. As for sorting, I sort by type of fabrics, i.e., quilting, crafting and garmet projects. My stash has grown tremendously, I’m obsessed!
Traci
Beautiful Nancy,
I first sort my fabric by type then color. When I get an inspiration I start pulling the fabric I want to use and have a separate place for those “projects in the works.” I usually have notes on a piece of paper of the idea so when I come back to it I know right where I left off.
Vicki L Mooren
I put my projects in plastic totes until the project is complete. I sort the rest in totes by color except for the batiks that kept in a separate tote. Charm packs and fat quarter bundles are each are kept in separate small totes by color. All scrapes are put in more totes separated by color. I guess the trend is everything is by color.
Pat Kalnasy
I have mine by color except for one bin where I keep all my very special fabrics I have found that I truly want to make something special.
elaine
I sort by color. When I start a project,
sometimes everything gets out of order
until I have time to sort my fabric all over
again.
Lou
Nancy, I love the colors. I think the colors will pop when put
together. I first pick out a pattern I want to make then I pick
colors. Blue is my favorite colors to work with, but feel these
colors would be great to find a great project.
Jan H
The Garnet fabric collection is spectacular! I sort my fabrics mainly by color! Thanks, Nancy, for your continued inspiration to the sewing/quilting community!
Joan Deaver
Love the Garnet fabric. I sort my fabric stash by size and type of fabric.
Sharon Thomsen
Love the new collection! I sort my stash by color, my UFOs by project and my random fun fat quarters in a large lidded jar for easy access and inspiration.
Kathleen Swinkowski
I keep fabrics for a project separate. Batiks are kept together and the rest of my fabrics are sorted by color.
Love this new Garnet collection.
PamB
Love the new collection! I sort by fabric type and season. Meaning, I have all my polar fleece together, winter fabrics, summer, denim etc. Thanks for the chance to win the new bundle of fabric and patterns.
Wanda Castilleja
Love the new fabric line! I sort my fabric by type and then color; but I’m always on the lookout for different ideas about how to better organize my stash.
Joyce
When I read the list, I realized I sort in lots of different ways depending on how I think I will use the fabric. Everything is sorted by fabric type and size and then by color. So all fat quarters are together and then sorted by color, etc. Love the new fabric!
Rynetta C
I keep reproduction prints and batiks separate and the rest is sorted by color.
I love red, your new collection is just gorgeous!
Doris Pedersen
I have storage bins that I have separated into sizes. One inch strips, 2 1/2 inch strips, 2 inch squares, etc. My larger pieces are wrapped around a piece of cardboard and stored in a drawer.
Sharon King
I sort my material first by type of material, then by color. I like to keep material for quilts together and for other things together.
Marcy
What a great collection. Have all cotton fabrics so try to sort by color. Then have one tub just for UF’s. New Year’s
resolution is to get more organized
Terri D'Ambrosio
Love this new fabric line. I sort my fabric by color, depending on what I am making. Usually buy fat quarters that way you get a selection of color, and value that match.
Mary Ann Fogleman
Beautiful collection and they are my colors! I organize by project and by color for the stash. Thanks for the give away.
Cindy K
I sort yardage and fat quarters by color. When a project is completed, the leftovers are cut into useable strips and put in plastic bins according to the size cut reguardless of color.
Pat LJ
My fabric is arranged according to “season” and fabric size. My favorite color is red! Working on reorganizing all fabric now.
Julie Hahs
How do you sort your fabric stash? By color, size, collection, project, etc? I do it by color and then by size. But right now it’s a big mess. I’m very lazy at putting back the leftover fabrics that I use for my projects. Now that I’m moving soon I have no desire to organized them. They are in a big box ready for a new home. Thank you.
Roxanna Owen--QuiddityRox
I sort mostly by color. I do have a drawer of pre-cuts-one for charm squares, one for strips, one for 10″ squares. And a tub of scraps to make string quilts. I use closet-maid canvas colorful cubes to keep my colors organized. This quilting journey is about creating in chaos on some days/weeks/months! I love your fabrics and new patterns! I really want to master the Dresden plates
Enid
I keep fabric left over from a project in a bin.
Helen Owen
I sort my fabrics by color. I have stacks of Elfa drawers in my sewing room closet and fold my fabric around a ruler to keep the sizing consistent so I can stand the fabric up in the drawer and be able to see it all at a glance.
Jo
I sort by color in totes then if I have project the fabric rulers and pattern are bagged
Glenda Marsh
Wowser is all I can say on those beautiful fabrics. I see something for a little grandgal with them
Liisa Friesen
Hi Nancy,
My fabrics are sorted by type, then grouped for projects. Landscape quilts (I made my first one this year), have their own space. Thank you so much for all the inspiring educational ideas!
Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.
Elizabeth Dicrescenzo
First, I sort by colour and then I sort by size. I do have some fabrics that are set aside for a particular project down the road or a particular designer fabric line. I love red quilts. I think your fabric line is delicious.
Linda
Don’t rain hate on me but I don’t sort in any way. I love scrappy quilts and my storage reflects that. Sometimes I sit staring into space and all of the sudden that ugly lime green sitting next to blue/purple jumps out to me and I’m inspired onto my next quilt. Usually I’m a more organized person but not when it comes to my fabric.
I would not have thought to put salmon with the ruby but it works without overpowering it.
Judy impellizzeri
Sort my stash? I didn’t know it should be sorted. I just have it all handy and look through the bundles when I need something. Maybe sorting is a good idea!!
Diane Q
Most of my fabric is sorted by color, but others are sorted by theme such as Christmas, prints for children, florals, batiks, etc. My scraps are kept in a “shoe hanger” by color. Finally, my “garment” fabric is stored separately so that everything is very easy for me to go to whenever I’m in need of a particular fabric.
Ann
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Nancy, and to everyone at Nancy’s Notions! I love, love LOVE your new collection. Thanks for the chance to win such lovely pieces. I sort my fabric by size since I do a lot of garment sewing. You’d be surprised what you can do with fat quarters & charm packs when making a garment. I actually made a dress for fall & a blouse for Christmas using charm packs. I’ve had MANY compliments on both & people ask me all the time where I ‘purchased’ my outfit.
BevM
I have a double-closet full of fabric stored in large copy paper boxes. Of course, the one I need is always pushed the farthest back! However, I keep linings interfacings near the front, and lighter weight boxes of trims and Velcro on the top shelf. Categories include doll and child scraps; blues; fall colors; gold, silver, lace; small cotton scraps; dressier scraps; Purdue fabrics; and more than one box of Christmas fabrics. I have an overflowing plastic bin of whole piece fabrics that I plan to sew “when I get a chance.” My husband wonders why I need so much fabric, until I ask him in return why he needs so much lumber.
Donna S.
Generally, I sort by color and then value, but I keep silks, wools, and other specialty fibers in separate bins and I also have a bin for pre-cut bundles. What a gorgeous new fabric line! I love the range from light to dark!
Deborah Herold
I sort my stash of fat qtrs by color in clear plastic square containers that peppermint candy comes in from Sam’s club. I get them from work and occasionally from home! I sort other larger pieces of fabric by theme, ie. childrens, 1930’s sports, etc.
I totally love the new collection!
Mandy Laseter
I sort my fabric mostly by color, and I keep larger pieces hanging on pant hangars.
Kaye Walker
First let me say I love your videos, I watch your TV show, and I love getting your emails. Thank you, Nancy for all you do for the sewing/quilting world. I have learned so much from you!
Most of my fabric is sorted by color but if I have a collection from one design I will keep those together in a separate location.
Patricia Evans
Oh, I just love this collection. I am not good at putting together collections as this, and this would make it so much easier for me. The dresden is one of my favorite patterns and to see it in this collection – absolutely beautiful.
Diane C
Love the new collection! How do I sort my stash??? I wish it was sorted. That has been my plan for a long time.
Debbie Loudermilk
I have my fabrics in storage containers. I sort mostly by color. I have separate containers for precuts, denim, fleece, and upholstery. I also have smaller boxes for projects I Have set aside. There’s a large container where my very, very favorite fabric is stored.
I love red fabric and yours is amazing. Thank you.
Joanna Powell
When I saw this collection my heart skipped a beat. What a beautiful combination of fabrics. I envision so many projects using them and would love to win this. I sort my fabrics by project as I have so many. LOL The plastic totes are perfect for my style of sorting.
Connie Leydig
I sort my fabric by project, which really is not working, so I need to come up with a different idea. I love the new Garnet fabric selection.
Jackie Keirnan-hale
Being a art quilt artist I sort by color but also by the print on the fabric. So I have sky prints together, wood grains, bricks, stones and so forth. Then for my batiks I do sort by the main color or tone of the fabric. When working on a project the fabrics for that project are stored together. As I see my stash in my studio I see it is time to organize the fabric pulled from now completed art.
Pamela Carter
I sort my cache by project. The other material I have was given to me by a friend who doesn’t sew big projects any more…it’s a future scrappy quilt. Your new line of fabric is beautiful…I love reds! Thank you Nancy for keeping your tutorials free. I refer to them often. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa and Happy and Healthy New Year to all!
April Hanson
I sort my scraps in bins by strip width with zip lock bags containing squares the same width– 1″ to 4 1/2 “. My bulk fabric I have a deep 2 drawer filing cabinet with prints in one drawer and solids in the other. My fat quarters and bundle all in 1 tub. I hang quite a bite of fabric if I have ironed already so visual in closet to see for use.
Julie Umland
This is a very pretty collection! I sort scraps by color, some fabrics by theme, and several “future projects” put together so that I don’t use those fabrics by accident.
Rita Saumweber
Love this new collection of fabrics Nancy. The colors are gorgeous.
I sort my stash by color. I also group my holiday fabrics separately. That way when I’m looking for fabric for a Christmas project it is easily found.
Anita
I sort by color.
Kathy Luehrs
I use alot of methods – project first, then color, holiday, season and novelty
Dianne Hammer
Love the new collection! How do I sort my stash? Prefer by color, but then I get distracted by seasonal, juvenile prints, etc. I just keep trying to stay on top of it!!!!
Barb Jenson
I sort by color and and by project it seems to work for me. I think your new line is really pretty the wheat warms all the reds.
Sharon Harmon
Mostly by collection, if not in a collection than by color, or if I plan to use with a certain pattern in mind other wise by cuts, ie: charms strips and so on. Love this Garnet Collection its one of my favorite colors. Thank You
GRRANNYH
I love your new fabric! I sort my stash in 2 ways: yardage by color, scraps in a jumble in a bin.
Becky Gesch
I love your new fabric collection and your next patterns. I sort my fabric by projects. I put each project in a box. The leftovers are used by my granddaughters for their guilting.
Arline Bivins
I’m in LOVE! Just opened your email and saw the BEAUTIFUL colors for your new line. Immediately thought what I would make. A handbag for my Sister-in-law, lap quilt for my best friend, a Valentine dress for granddaughters, etc. The list goes o . Thank you Nancy for your LOVE of sewing and bringing idea’s to help the seamstress. Love it, Love it.
Theresa Kennedy
Nancy, There is nothing i like better than cream and red together. You outdid yourself with this line! I sort by color but set aside specific pieces for a special project i know i want to make. I really like the dresden fan and ferris wheel pattern. Thanks for the opportunity to win and hope this is a big success.
Susan Rutherford
Hi Nancy! Sure enjoy your posts and your video on You Tube!
I sort my stash by color, so would love to add your new Garnet collection to my stash! Reds make me feel loved! Thanks!
Carol Denlinger
I am still a beginner quilter and thought sorting by color and project was a requirement. Nothing comes easy yet. Thanks for your ideas but they cause me to want to do too many things – I have too many UFOs. Ha. Merry Christmas. Jesus came as our Saviour.
Virginia
I sort by color. I have an area for fabric which is less than a yarn, another shelf for fabric larger than a yard, the last shelf is for flannel or homespun fabric.
Holly Smith
First I sort by size, over a yard is in one place; smaller amounts are stored beneath it. Then by color. If I finish a project and there is a small amount left, I bundle it together and store in case I need something for a repair or to make an accessory. Love the new collection, Nancy, the colors are wonderful.
Patricia Svitko
Oh gosh – first I love the garnet line – I’ve wanted to make a red and cream quilt for a long time and I think this is the fabric! As far as sorting – several different ways: by size and then by color. I have an area for fabric larger than a fat quarter (wrapped on comic book backing boards), then by fat quarter (folded into bins) and then pieces (also in smaller bins). Thanks for the great giveaway!
Roberta Johnson
I sort by color. When I’m looking for a piece of fabric, I usually have a color in mind. Anything less than a 10 inch square goes into the scrap bin.
Evie H
Red being my favorite color, I love your new collection. Since I sort by color, I’ll have to make room in my “red” section in case I win your great giveaway. Thanks!
Karen Phillips
I sort by color, but…..I also separate out all the Christmas fabrics, the batiks and the Japanese looking ones. I used to just sort by color but as my interests have broadened I found I needed more specificity. I also keep charm packs, layer cakes and other ‘sets’ of things together. Its getting too complicated!!!!
Sheila
The quilting fabrics are sorted by color. Other fabrics such as flannels, knits, fashion fabrics, etc are sorted by type.
Paula Howard
Absolutely love your new fabric collection. I sort by color and by project. Thank you for the opportunity to win the patterns and fat quarters. I watch Sewing with Nancy every chance I get. You have inspired me to keep on creating and to be creative and try new ideas. Merry Christmas to you and your family and staff.
Geri Beam
I sort my fabric in my fabric stash by fabric type or theme. There is Christmas, Halloween, children, flannel, specialty (organza, netting, etc.), batik, 2 1/2″ strips pre-cut, etc. Then in each drawer I put fabrics together in color families. I use the metal mesh stackable drawers from Ikea so I can see the fabric without opening the drawer. Above the drawers I have shelves for the things that come in bolts, interfacing, fusible and batting. I am lucky to have so much space for my treasures.
Peggy S
Usually by color, but sometimes by collections. Love these colors and the prints.
Suzanne Reese
Those colors are perfect for my home color scheme!
I sort my fabrics by color, size, collection, project! I have bins for colors 1/2 yd or so. The tall cabinet is for 1 yd pieces and collections. Baskets are for projects. The hutch has TONS of fat quarters (by color) and layer cakes.
I almost hate to cut into ANY of it! lol
Karen B.
I keep my batics separate, and sort them by color. If I buy collections, they are kept by collections; otherwise things are sorted by color and theme.
I love the reds, love to quilt reds. What a beautiful collection.
Linda M.
My main sorting of fabric is by color, so I have cabinets full of the major colors (and all shades in between). Then I have stashes of precuts, along with projects to be made with everything needed. So I guess you could sum it up that I have a little bit of every kind of “sorting”.
Annette Efta
I sort by type, batik, holiday, collection, etc. Then by color.
Linda E in AZ
I separate batiks from wovens but then sort each by color. I also keep a rolling file cabinet (plastic) of scraps sorted by color into each drawer. I am generally looking for a certain color to go with what I’m using.
Great looking collection of fabrics, Nancy
Thanks!
June J.
I sort my fabric stash into solids and prints. Then I sort the prints into themes–floral, Christmas, baby, children, stripes, etc., and the solids into jewel tones, pastels, neutrals, etc.
The new garnet fabric collection is lovely. I love Riley Blake Designs and Penny Rose fabrics! If I am the fortunate winner of this giveaway, I will use the bundle to make a smaller version of the ‘Nancy’s Spool Quilt’ for our ‘garnet and wheat’ family room.
Thanks for the great giveaway.
Robin
In answer to your fabric sorting question…I do all of them. Mostly by color. Then I started collecting fabric lines so I keep them together. And then there is era fabrics I keep together, ex civil war, vintage, 1930’s etc. and seasonal. Huge boxes of fall, and winter/ Christmas totes. Then flannels and homespuns and corduroy etc. western prints and garden prints etc. it’s endless. Love your new fabric line and patterns. Thank you for this opportunity.
Willi Burgess
Hi Nancy. I love your Garnet line. Great colours. I sort my fabric by size – scraps, candies, charms, layer cakes, etc., and then by colour. My quilting stash is not as large as my garment stash, but that will change. I donated a large part of my garment stash to an inner city high school that teaches new immigrants. I have been a fan since 1984 when I found your program while nursing my new baby.
Marcia
My mother’s name was Garnet, so that caught my eye. She maintained the color of her auburn hair (almost garnet) until she passed away at age 91.
I sort my fabrics by color and fabric type. The batiks and flannels have a place of their own.
I especially like the ferries wheel pattern.
Nancy Taylor
I start out with putting projects together, I do keep fat quaters separate. However, I find that when I go to get the projects.
Gremlins have gotten into my stash and “disorganized ” it.
Thanks for many years of your sharing your projects, tips, sewing know how.
Nancy Taylor
Barb
I put all my yardage on comic book cards and sort them by color on open shelves. It looks like my own Mimi-fabric shops. Jelly rolls are together in a drawer and fat quarters ate in another set of drawers. Scraps and odd strips are sorted by color and in drawers also. Projects are grouped and placed in jumbo bags. I try to stay organized but sewing can be a messy endeavor. I love your fabric collection. It would be so fun to win. I have watched you from the beginning. Thanks for all the things you have taught me.
Pam Hotle
I love, love, love your new fabric collection!
I sort most of my fabric by color but some types have their own shelf (batiks, Christmas, kids/baby). Some are kitted up for a project.
Maxie
Your new collection happens to be my favorite color!! So pretty. My fabric is sorted by color for the most part. Then I have pieces large enough for backs; juvenile prints; and themes like Easter and Christmas. Of course I have the boxes of strips, squares and strings.
Starla
I LOVE the new fabric collection — I’m all about the reds! I just used up all my small pieces (and some larger ones) of reds cutting strips to use in Log Cabin-style Christmas mats for gifts. I had my fabric all sorted by color — but now it’s all UNsorted and I’ll be spending January sorting again!
Lori
Sort? I do have some fabric sorted by project but my scraps are an all together messy, can’t find anything box…..Someday…..I will organize……I hope…if I live that long LOL
Twyla
Wow, would love to win the new patterns and Garnet Fabric!! On My bucket list is making a Dresden Fan Quilt! I sort my fabric by collection and projects. My cabinet also holds precuts and yardages. The stash keeps growing!!
Jean B
I sort my stash by color, project and collection. The color sorted ones are on open shelving to get at quickly. I have marked, stackable clear plastic containers for my projects and also my collections. I know that when I get to a quilt I want to use my Kaffe fabric, there is a very good chance that I will use mostly Kaffe fabric in that quilt. I also have plans for a log cabin quilt out of a collection of April Cornell fabrics. P.S. Love the new line – red is a favorite color of mine.
Liz Fergus
My fabric is sorted by type first as I do primarily fashion sewing. Once The types are sorted, then I can narrow it down by color. I also have a category of scraps of various sizes.
Polly Odom
Love the colors in the new collection! If I have something specific to work on, I will sort by project. Otherwise I sort by color.
Lillian K
I sort by color. I also sort by project when I know what fabrics I’m going to use in that project. The new patterns are really pretty especially, in the red fabrics.
Gina M
First, I sort by color. Colors are then sorted by size; a shoe-box size for small scraps (my favorite!). I have Iris-brand plastic drawers for fat quarters to up to 1-yard pieces. Actual yardage is folder over my 6×24 ruler into a uniform stack and stored in larger bins. There are some bins with theme fabric, too, like holidays, floral, etc. “Quilts/fabric, like friends, are different, colorful, fun, warm and comforting — And you can never acquire enough of either.”
Jacqueline Lehto
Good Morning:
I am on a red and white quilt obession lately, so the GARNET collection is already feeding my addiction! I sort my fabrics mostly in bins by color. However, I do keep bins of projects also. Thank you for this beautiful new collection. Must have some! Jackie
Kim M Harrington
That’s my problem! I don’t sort and I should!!! I am working on that asap. First I must finish my Christmas projects 😛
Cherie
I mostly sort by color but I also a separate drawer for batiks and Kaffes. I’m getting frustrated with this method and I’m thinking to changing to sort by size. I have oodles of fat quarters because I can’t resist all the beauty.
Patti Chapman
I divide my fabrics by yardage first, then color that I pack into a divided wall unit. I divide the fat quarters by color in shoe boxes that I store in a standalone multi-drawer unit. Sounds organized until I start to pull fabric and then change my mind and put what I’ve pulled on top. Doesn’t take long for it to get all mixed up by color. There is a bit of yardage mix up when there appears to be similar amounts. And so it goes till I take the time to redo it….which isn’t often.
Linda Bridges
I sort by project so I don’t have to search for the fabric when I actually is need. I have tried many ways but this seems to work the best for me. Odd pieces of fabric are wrapped around cardboard cut to size to fit my shelf and held with a large rubber band. I don’t worry about the cardboard not being archival. I give away old fabrics that I am never going to use. This fabric color reminds of a moda collection that was released about 20 years ago. This is as gorgeous as it was. Love it!! Cane be used so many ways including Christmas gifts
yolanda cypher
I sort by color & place my pieces in clear plastic bags on an open shelf. Have watched your TV shows for many yrs Nancy. Love your new garnet fabrics!!
Pat
I sort my fabric stash first by project if I have purchased the fabrics for a specific project. Otherwise I sort by collection and then color. Thanks for the chance to win a sample of this lovely fabric line.
Renee
I usually sort by color unless it was for a certain project then it is with that project.
Prudence Lay
I sort by color and project. I gather fabrics for for a project and put them in bags. The rest is sorted by color. I have been known to “steal” a fabric from a proposed project when needed though.
Sharon C
Garnet is my birthstone. Love all the reds of your Garnet collection. Sort my fabrics? No, but I do like scrap quilts the best, thus I have a “mess” of fabrics (no order). 3 of us friends put together our Christmas fabric and patched them together to make 60 Christmas stockings this year. Another friend stuffed them with usable items and we gave them to the manager of the county’s low income housing units for distributing. She likes to make sure that everyone receives a Christmas package.
Leslyn
For several years I have cut all remaining cotton fabrics from projects into 5 & 3.5 squares, 2.5 & 1.5 strips. I just can’t throw away usable leftovers. Some cold winter month, I plan to make a great scrap quilt. Love the garnet collection!
Annie
Small (fat quarter or less) in baggies in clear shoe boxes by color, larger pieces in drawers by color, yardage on hangers in the closet, and collections in other drawers.
Susan T
Most of my stash is by color but I do pull out Christmas prints for their own pile. Nancy, you have out done yourself! Stunning colors.
Mary Brock
First, LOVE your new fabric line! I sort first by project so when I have everything I need for a particular project it stays together and I don’t accidentally use something I shouldn’t. Then I sort by collection esp if I have a lot of a particular collection I’ll actually make a fat qtr bundle using a salvage scrap to tie together like what you often see in a shop. Then I sort by fabric type ie separate my flannels from my cotton, then by color. I’ve recently been taking any usable scraps, cutting them into squares, strips, etc and tossing into large basket for each type, got my scrappy quilts well on way to being cut. Same with the cut off discard from snow balling corners, put them in basket to be used later in a border, etc.
Jerrie Lynn Bergman
I mainly sort my fabric by size and color. I also tend to do sorting of projects which really helps when I want to grab and run to a retreat or in our RV travels. Really LIKE this new line of fabric Nancy.
Paula Johnson
As for sorting…in the past I have sorted only by color.
However, I made four lap robes for Christmas gifts and have LOTS of fabric scraps. So I’m now sorting by width….mostly 2 1/2″ strips.
Beryl Rasmussen
I sort my fabric in different ways. For instance, by fabric type: Batiks, Flannels, Flat cottons, and Miscellaneous. If fabric has been purchased for a specific project, then it is kept together along with the pattern and any other items that may be needed for that project so I don’t have to waste time looking for all the necessary parts when I get time to work on it. Fabrics not earmarked for any specific project are sorted by colour within the fabric type categories listed above. I love the Garnet fabric collection…that is my birthstone, so I would love to make a quilt someday from it “just for me”!
Jen in northern Wis
I sort my fabric usually by theme; or type: ex; reproductions, X-mas, fall, (all by one designer or F.Q’s bundles), collections, kid’s, batik’s, asian, hand-dyed, flannels, wool, knits, etc. I’m presently working on sorting scraps into plastic bins; and sorting them into strips,. I use the see-thru plastic boxes, and label the outside of the box with the type of fabric in the container,. And plastic shoe boxes for my strips,. Most of the boxes are stored under my cutting table;. except for the plastic shoe boxes which are stored on a closet shelf,. (which is close to the cutting table),. I also keep my F.Q’s with yardage; my 5″ squares are all kept together, in one container,. My projects are all kept together in plastic storage bag’s, (which I probably should have shares in their stock). My projects are all stored in one large plastic rubbermaid bin,. Which is also in the closet,. I keep the fabric along with the pattern in the bag and the UFO’s, are also stored this way.
Helen Jaroslawskiour Name
I love your Garnet line of fabrics. I sort by size even saving the itty bitty ones for hexies. I also sort by color for my applique work ,as well as by background and backing posibilities.
Beryl Rasmussen
I sort my fabric in different ways depending on the use for which it is intended. For instance, I sort by fabric type, such as Batiks, Flannels, Flat cottonseed, and Miscellaneous. If fabric has been purchased for a specific project then I keep it together along with the pattern and any additional supplies needed for that project. Within the fabric type categories listed above I sort by colour and scale of print, if that is applicable. I love the Garner collection, as red is one of my favourite colours, and also my birthstone. I would love to have some of the Garner fabric to make a quilt that is “just for me”!
Brenda Ackerman
I sort my larger fabrics by size; they are folded to a specific size and placed on shelves. Smaller pieces, like Fat Quarters are displayed in wicker baskets according to colors and themes. Thank you for the opportunity to win this amazingly beautiful fabric line and your fabulous new patterns!
Tamra
Organization with fabrics is a necessity for me! I have fabric in a dresser in our guest room, tubs of fabric in our garage and some tucked under the computer table I use to sew on. I chose to separate by fabric type and color. Example: I have all cottons in one area and divided by color, season and style. When I start a project I can pull it all together by going to the fabrics I intend to use. Nancy’s new fabrics are wonderful!!
Jean Near
I sort by color. It seems to work best for me. I do have a bin of novelty fabric that I have kept separate.
Arlene
I share by color first and then by size. Small pieces go into “shoeboxes” and larger cuts go into my wire basket setup.
Pandora
I sort mainly by color unless there is a a collection or occassionally grouping from various lines that I have bought. I just have too much fabric!
Bonnye
I sort my fabric stash by material types, i.e. Cotton, wool, velvet. Then I sort by size. Small scraps are put in a large plastic bin to be used for scrappy quilts. 1 1/2′ 2″, 2 1/2″ & 5″ strips.in sepate bins.
Jean
What is sorted is by size and color, but there are many containers not sorted. Not enough time and energy for the amount that has been gifted to me
Diann Kollman
Love the new Garnet fabric collection is
Peggy V
I love your new quilt patterns and the new line of fabric is wonderful. Blue is my go to color but his line inspires me. Thank you for all of your years of sewing with Nancy and all of the inspiration you have provided me all of these years!!!
Diann Kollman
The Garnet fabric collection is BEAUTIFUL.
Are these available by yardage?
Jean Huisjen
I sort my stash by color except for those pieces of fabric all ready for a special project. Those are stored together by project.
Love your garnet fabric collection!
Kathy Hartwell
I try to sort by color. There are several that are sorted by project. Thank you for the opportunity to win this beautiful series of fabric.
Nancy Battersby
I have my fabrics folded on shelves, sorted by color. Scraps are also sorted by color, I use large ice cream buckets for those. Would love to win your Garnet line. Thanks.
Jan Drzonek
Oh boy am I trouble! I love love love the new fabrics. Now where do I put them? I keep all my fabric in totes sorted by color. I also have by the projects past and future. Some of my fabric is on bolt cardboards and sorted by seasons put in cabinets and shelves. Time to purge so I can have room for your new fabrics.
Sherry Lee Crotinger
The Garnet collection is gorgeous. Love the colors. I sort two ways. Projects then my stash in plastic bins. Easy to see what I have. Thanks for all your videos they have helped thru many different projects. Merry Christmas
Renae Walters
So far I’ve done it by collection.
Florence Dupuis
I sort by color to start with. But then I see a pattern I want to make so they end up packaged in a tote, plastic bag or sitting on my table. I have so many projects waiting in line I don’t know how to prioritize them. Then along comes another event that needs a quilt or something.
Nadine Kuhlemeier
I sort mainly by color and also have some bins for seasonal fabrics, flowers, animals
Cathy Luff
I stack all pieces of one yard or more by color on shelves. Small pieces including strips and charms are sorted by color in drawers. It is an ongoing process.
Tammy W
I store my fabric according to size, precuts and type of fabric and some is just stored at random. Need to do more organizing.
DebbieW
Currently, sorting by project.
Pamela Small
I LOVE your fabric collection! Its rich and the designs are stunning.
I tend to gather my fabrics by project, and then by collection.
Merry Christmas!
Linda
I fold all my fabric with the long 6″ ruler and stack them all on shelves in my closet. My Americana colors are all together, the Civil War, blacks, whites, etc. My smalls are in the plastic drawer units along with my fat quarters. My projects including the pattern are in the handled art bin ready to go to the cutting table. I just wish I had more time to get to them.
I love your new line of fabric. Reds can go with my Americana anytime!
Shirley Clark
I sort mostly by color, but many times I will group some of the pieces by designer/collection. I can find what I’m looking for more easily by color.
I love your new collection!
Becky
1. color
2. fabric – content – calicos, polyesters, denim, etc..
3. size. small pieces together – large ones together.
I need a way to store my stash so that I can see it, not in tubs. Any suggestions?
Mary
I sort two ways, by color and type of material. By the
way, love your new line of fabric. The garnet colors are fabulous.! Great job! !!
Kaye M
I am so glad that you have posted this question because I struggle with this very topic. I tend to sort by color and have a few groups of fabrics for specific projects in a chest of drawers. When I have done some organization, it gets messed up in a very short time! I will be interested in reading the comments of others!
Wendy
This is a constant battle for me! I sort, resort, and then tear it all apart looking for “just the right piece.” Currently my scraps are in tubs, sorted by color.
Donna Fecteau
That’s a questions I struggle with all the time. I used to sort my fabric by what I planned to do with it. I made aprons, bibs, and other items for craft shows. So I had bins of fabric that I had purchased with those items in mind. Plus fabric I had purchased to make clothes for myself or family members. Now mostly I just quilt or make home deco items. So I have begun to switch my stash over to sorting the cottons by color and then all others by types.
Sue
Gorgeous collection! I sort my print fabrics mainly by color. The exception is when I buy from the same collection, then I keep those together until I’m ready to use them. My birthstone is Garnet, the collection would make an awesome birthday gift! 🙂
Lori Jacobus
I sort by type of fabric and by color. I do a lot of garment sewing, craft sewing and decor sewing, and sometimes a quilt, so I have lots of different kinds of fabric to store!
This new Garnet fabric is some of the most beautiful I’ve seen in a long time!!! Kudos Nancy!!!
Rhonda Jones
I sort my fabric by color.
Phyl McCord
I sort by colour primarily, keeping quilting cottons and other fabric (knits, etc.) separate.
Cassy L.
My fabrics are on open shelves and sorted by color with one shelf dedicated to some bundles of fat quarters and a few pre-cuts. Then I have clear bins…one for batiks, one for 30’s, another for Asian… Well, you get the picture!
Gayle
I sort my fabric by color. I keep pre-cuts stored separately and sorted by color. I love your new color line it spurs my creativity.
Carole S.
I sort by color, unless the fabric is already designated for a specific project. In tha case, I put it with all the other fabrics for that project, along with the pattern or instructions for that quilt.
This fabric line is just classically beautiful. Well done!!
Judy
I sort my fabric in various ways. If I have a collection I keep the whole collection together. Then I sort the rest by size and then color. Your new fabric line is beautiful!
Jan F.
Nancy, this fabric is simply gorgeous! I usually store my fabric by project with all the thread, notions buttons, etc. needed for completion. If I don’t have a project in mind I sort by collection. Happy Holidays.
Cherie
First of all, congratulations on your new fabric line. It looks lovely! I try to sort my fabric stash by color. But it doesn’t always stay that way. Lol!
Marilyn D.
My material is by project. I don’t really have stash. A few pieces and then leftovers which I keep together in a plastic bag so if I’m going to make something little the colors will all match.
Love all the different reds. I would use those for a quilt for my sister as her couch is red.
Harriet wetherell
This color selection would be made up very fast. Sometimes I store the fabric in large drawers by color but a collection like this would make it to my sewing area and made into a lap quilt . The hobo bag is tempting me to match my fall clothes. So many choices. Not all fabric makes me feel like this and other sewers know what I mean.
beth
I sort by color and by size of fabric. I also put fabrics together for a project separately.
Linda Blakita
Hi Nancy, I sort by color, but also by size. One yard or larger are wrapped on Comic Book Cards, placed on bookshelves, one half yard folded on a quarter comic book card, and fat quarters are stored in underbed storage bins. I am trying not to accumulate too much, but red is my favorite color, and would be used up the quickest! Love your new line.
Margaret Wyszinski
Hi Nancy, I sort my fabrics by project first and then within each project, by color.
The new Garnet fabric line is beautiful. Way to go!!
karen
I sort first by fabric type then by color. Thanks for the opportunity to win you great new fabric and patterns
Kay Statom
I sort by color. This works best for me and then I combine my colors for the project that I have picked. The Garnet Collection is really a bright red addition and makes the dark, medium and lights choices so easy
Elizabeth M.
I keep all my fabric pieces so I can sort into size and color. I love the new line of garnet fabrics
Cindy M
In all my 60 (as of yesterday!) years I can honestly say this is the most gorgeous fabric I have ever seen!! This would deserve a special spot all it’s own and never be destined to a “stash pile”!! My fabrics are all sorted by color then by size. The fabrics I buy for a specific project are immediately packaged together and placed front and center on the shelf. THIS fabric would be a focal point I’d look at every day!!
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Carrie Burzan
I am not organized – never have been and never will be – but my materials is all by type – fleece, batik- cotton – flannel – etc. This material is absolutely gorgeous and would be in a class by itself – or maybe on top of the cotton!
Barbara Snyder
Currently, I sort my stash by color. Precuts are in their own basket. Quilts that have all their supplies are stacked neatly in a basket. My stash of individual fabrics is in two cardboard file boxes.
Jan N.
I sort by size, then color. I do not sort precuts. They stay bundled together until I use them in a project.
Jean TenBrook
I sort by type. Pre-Cuts: Jelly Rolls, Layer Cakes and Charm Squares. Kits; Flannels; Background and Backing. These all fit in dresser drawers. Then, for all my Fat Quarters, Cotton & Batiks are sorted by color and placed in Fat Quarter storage containers with clear top so I can easily see colors in each container. Scraps are placed in a scrap bin and UFO’s in clear project bags. Love the new line, Nancy. Merry Christmas!!
Tina
I keep my fabrics by collection, then by color or project. Beautiful fabrics! thanks
Cyndi
I sort by color, holidays and non-cotton fabrics, ie felt, fleece, organza.
Thank you for the give away.
Karen
I sort by fabric type and then color with larger yardage in a separate bin. Then there is a bin for fabrics not yet sorted!
Karen Binder
There is a big bin for fabrics not yet sorted. Then I sort by fabric and color with another pin for larger yardage.
Aimee
I sort batiks & Christmas fabrics separate, & then I sort by size & type of precut. I’m not particulary organized
Midge
I sort by fabric type & then color. Love new fabric collection.
Cameron Barth
I almost always buy with a project in mind so I sort by project. Once a project is done, the leftovers get sorted by colour.
I love your new fabric line, it just looks very pretty and I have so many ideas for how to use it.
Shirley Robbins
I mostly sort by color. But, I also sort by fabric types — I have some silk, wools and flannels, eg. I also have fabrics I purchased in Alaska that I’ve stored separately to use eventually in an Alaska memories quilt.
Liz Dyer
My fabric is folded on comic book boards on a shelves by color, theme, or collection. Fat quarters are in baskets by color or collection and scraps are sorted by color in plastic shoe boxes. Love your new faric collection and all three patterns. I have been wanting to make myself a quilt in reds and this would be perfect.
Mary Ellen Honan
What a pretty new collection. Love the idea that each fabric goes so well with the others. I sort by color and precuts. Thank you for the giveaway.
Karla Tolson
I sort by color and family group.
Dorie E
My stash is sorted by color, then designer or brand, and most recently if precuts. One section of cabinets is by theme: kids, holidays, pets, etc. I have managed to dwindle down the “for clothing” section. When you retire a third time, work clothes aren’t a neccesity anymore. Wonderful yummy collection Nancy!
Clovis
I try to sort by color. That doesn’t work all the time, but my stash is not that huge. I like your collection.
Joyce
I sort mine by size. That seems to work for me.
Kathy Renz
I have a combination system but it works for me. I fill a small shopping bag with small scraps. It’s fun to simply pour them out to look for what I need. I sort the larger pieces first by holiday and then sort the rest by color.
Jane Murray
I love the new garnet fabric line and patterns. I sort my stash by color.
Stacia Schwartz
I sort by size. Rooting through my stash to find the right color is half the fun!
Linda Yannikos
I usually sort by type of fabric then by size and finally into color groups. I seem to have an uncontrollable stash at the moment though.
Beth
If I have bought fabrics for a project, I try to keep them together but otherwise it is mostly by color. The fabrics look awesome.
Pattie Swan
I sort my fabrics by categories like: children, babies, lights, darks, etc, and then keep project fabric together.
Anita P.
I originally sorted fabric based on type when I only sewed clothes and receiving blankets. Now that I quilt, I also sort by color and project. I haven’t sorted by collection yet because I usually buy fabric as individual pieces, but would love the chance to do so with your beautiful collection.
Leora Bauer
I try to Sort by color and project
Edna Marks
If buying for project I keep it together, otherwise by color. That way if I need some blue I know right where to look.
Mary Hutteman
I sort my stash by cut (1 yard, layer cut etc) then by color. Fabrics that I have purchased for a specific project are all stored together.
nancy
I sort my fabric by size. Each size 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 and 1 full yard are folded differently. If there is more then 2 yards it’s folded even another way. Less then a yard fits in a dresser. The larger ones are on a shelf waiting to be put in a lovely quilt.
dac
Oh goodness…first the fabric is organized alphabetically by manufacturer…then by designer… last by name of collection. Penny Rose –> Zieman –> Garnet. (Odd pieces by manufacturer, then color.) Somebody is a little compulsive here, huh? 🙂 These fabrics are SO beautiful.
Janice R Johnson
Sorry to say, I sort my stash by wherever I can find space. Not efficient, but when I am looking through it, I am often pleasantly surprised.
Linda Colwell
I primarily sort my fabrics by project first then by size and color. Thank you for the opportunity to win this fabulous package.
Beverly Wilson
I keep my collections such as charm packs, layer cakes, etc together. Otherwise I sort my fabric by color and then by project. I love your new garnet collection. I would love to have it. I can spend hours looking at my fabrics and daydreaming of my next project, or two, or three….
Karen Tucker
Sort? Fabric? I should be so lucky. I have at least 6 tubs of fabric that at some time or other may have been sorted, but since I can’t see into the tubs without opening and emptying them all over the place! It seems to work though; for some unknown reason, I seem to be able to place my hands on what I need fairly quickly. I would love to add this fabric collection to mine – black and red are my favorite colors and these reds are great!
Mary Wippold
Fabric that I have bought bought with no particular or immediate project in mind is sorted by color. projects that are in progress are kept either in large plastic boxes or tote bags.
Judy P
I keep my garment stash in Ikea fabric drawers. The stash is sorted by knits and wovens and then these two divisions are sorted by prints and solids and then by color. I keep novelty prints together in one drawer and collections together. I love all things associated with Sewing with Nancy. You have taught me so much over the years. Thank you.
Jean Desavage
Nancy, this new collection of fabrics is yummy!
I mostly have my stash divided by color, but I do have several other categories, animals/birds, panels, orientals, novelty prints, landscape/stones/brick, and backings. I have them all in two “pantry” cabinets to ward off fading.
Beverly
I sort my fabric stash by color family, sub-sorted by type to keep batiks and flannels separate from quilting cottons. Each cut is labeled with its measurement. This makes it so easy to look through my stash and find fabrics that will work in my next project before I journey to the quilt shop for fabrics or notions I may still need. The Garnet collection is so lovely! I have so little red in my stash and would love to add these fabrics as I am designing a red, white and blue quilt for a veteran in my family.
Susan Spiers
I sort my stash by size-looking for a color comes easier that way! Also when I start a new project I know to look in the larger pieces first!
Kathleen Sergas
I sort my fabric by color…..but I keep all of my holiday fabrics together i.e. Christmas, Easter, Halloween, USA, all grouped together.
I love your new fabric line and would like to make a quilt for a new great grandchild.
Karen
Beautiful fabric and patterns! I always go for the color. Your talent, Nancy, is amazing! Do you ever sleep?
Sue Cleek
I actually sort my stash as follows:
Anything > 1/2 yard by color. I keep anything < 1/2 yard in containers, all folded the same way, roughly by color. When I finish a project, I cut my leftovers as follows- I cut fat quarters as I can, 2.5 in strips as I can, and the rest goes into 2.5 in squares. These are all kept in individual containers by size and roughly by color. I sure hope I win! I really like the collection!
Esther Hobson
I have my stash sorted by color and boxed with each
box labeled and a picture of what it in the box.
I have a closet full of white banker boxes.
I started this in preparation for moving 5 yrs ago.
They are easy to move around as needed.
Projects have their own box.
Anna Hutchins
By collection then color. Large print first, smaller ones next, then blenders an solids. Love your show now I have new fabrics to find. Really like the quilts designed for these fabrics. Thanks for a chance.
Doris Lindley
I sort by color with a few exceptions -30’s reproduction fabrics have their own spot as as do 1890’s pinks and browns that will one day be a quilt.
Carrie
I sort many ways. First by project then by colors and size.
Glenda
I sort the bulk of my fabrics by type first, then by color or amount depending on how much of that type of fabric I have. Some of my fabrics are sorted along with the pattern and supplies by project, waiting in the queue to be worked on. One bin of fabric is for baby bibs and burp cloths and another bin is scraps for doll clothes.
Patricia Fox
I used to sort by color, but now I’m into buying jelly rolls, layer cakes, and charm squares so I sort by project. Try to keep everything together for a project except the background (which I mostly use white). Then when I’m ready to go, I cut the background and voila! I’m ready to go! Oh, plus I keep my projects in project boxes which makes it simple – grab one and take off!
Sandy
Since I’m a beginning quilter, I keep projects together and as add material try to keep colors and types together. Enjoyed reading other post and got several ideas for sorting. LOVE your new line and would love to make quilt using these beautiful colors.
Janet
I sort by size and color. Pieces that are 1/4 yd. or less go into small clear boxes, with 1-3 colors per box. Larger pieces are put into larger boxes (clear if possible), again grouping colors together. This way I can see if I’ve over-bought a certain color, or if I’m lacking another color. Theme fabrics (I’m partial to Christmas prints) get their own box, as do batiks–so far batiks are a small collection.
Alice
Fat quarters and small pieces are sorted by color in plastic bins. Large scraps are bagged together. Leftover quilt projects are bagged, as well as leftover machine embroidery projects. Large pieces are stacked on shelves.
Lynn M Kuitems
I love the fabrics and prints in the garnet collection. The patterns look beautiful as well as those for handbags! Each year I learn something new and perhaps this will be the year for handbag making! I hope you have a blessed Christmas celebrating Christ’s birth. Your garnet collection reminds me that Christmas has lots of greens (representing eternal life) and reds (representing the blood Jesus shed to offer the gift of salvation and eternal life with Him!).
Lynn M Kuitems
I forgot to share how I sort my fabrics. I have storage totes where I sort by color for all my large pieces. Once they are left-over I sort them into sizes and then zip-lock bags by color so I can make scrap quilts. I pull out one project and work on it a bit, then I put it in a bin. One I am working on has hundreds of leaves to make so it will take a year! That one and Christmas projects are out on the table until I get them to stage one to store. I like to have the sewing things organized to grab easily depending upon how much time I have.
Renea Yarolim
I started out always sorting my stash by color but have now be doing by size. I also have been putting some fabrics together for future projects. Thanks for the great giveaway. I love these fabrics and your patterns.
Wanda
This question makes me laugh. I have my collection of fabrics in bags by project; two are even still in their original Nancy’s Notions bags!!! 🙂 I’ve learned to keep the pattern with them so I’ll remember what I was thinking when they were purchased. I recently finished my long-delayed bachelor’s degree, so hope to have time to work on all these projects. Your new fabric would move to the front of the line if I could win these fat quarters – they are beautiful, and pink is my favorite color!!! Thanks for years of sewing enjoyment, Nancy!
Crystal
I sort by size- sort of! I have 2 rubber maid totes that are in need of major sorting! Current use fabrics are sorted by size in bags.
Bonnie
Love your new fabric collection! I sort my fabrics mainly by color. Fabrics that are part of a collection are kept together and fabrics that were purchased for a particular project are stored with the pattern. Thanks for the fantastic giveaway.
Sue
Love the Farris Wheel Pattern in all of those reds! Just beautiful!
I sort fabric by collection or type, then color.
Sally Rickey
I sort by type of fabric -fleece, flannel, fashion, cotton panels, Christmas, etc. I love your new line
Ginger
I store my fabrics by color.
Brenda Portwine
My stash changes from project to project. Find colours, then maybe sizes, I like moving it from place to place. Then I think what it would look good made into, design &a colour together.
Joyce
Everything is sorted by color until it is chosen for a specific project and then the project is compiled and kept in it’s own container.
Elizabeth Waltrip
Have to start with “It depends!”. For the most part I sort by color. However, I have a separate collection of Civil War reproduction fabric; sorted by color. Modern fabrics are separate, as are holiday. But I also keep special collections in their own area out in the open so I can always see them!
Helen Meaux
I sort by color and also by project. Love the new fabric line and would love to win!
Yvonne Laffoon
I store my fabric by type of fabric. Denim, corduroy, flannel, cotton, fancy (silk, satin, velvet, etc.), knits, etc. all go with each other. It saves me time. My mom, who’s 91, stored fabrics by coordinating colors/patterns for her baby quilts.
Kathleen Hansen
Sort my stash? Typically by color, occasionally by project. Yummy new fabric line. Just scrumptious!
Judy Boots
I sort mine by type; flannel, batiks, Holiday, kids novelty, floral. Next I have some by designer;Tula Pink, Kaffe Collective etc. Then I have some by colour. It has been much easier for me to find what I’m looking for this way. I am lucky to have a big sewing room with lots of shelves. Thanks for a great giveaway Nancy Zieman and Penny Rose! I love the Garnet line and the rich colours.
Althea Klosterman
First I might purchase most everything along with the pattern, and keep notes in my journal. Second, fat qtrs will be stashed all together. Larger pieces will be color coordinated. Sometimes nothing goes as expected….
Gail Beam
I used to sort my fabric by color, holiday, and type of fabric, but now that I have a basement full of fabric(lol) I’m afraid most of my organizing went out the window.
Michelle Hall
I usually sort by the type of fabric or the project it was boutght for. Love this new fabric line
Marsha Nelson
I sort my fabric by size and then by color. It makes it easier to shop my stash for something to match what I am making.
Kathy Calley
I sort a little in each category.If I see a pattern I like, I gather all the fabric and pattern and put it in a box. My reg fabric is sorted by color and then size. Small scraps in kids n bright scraps are in containers for kids scrap quilts, then scraps 3 colors each, are in boxes for reg scrap quilts. I love making scrapt quilts, they are my favorites. I also have containers for Christmas fabric and Haloween Fabric. My new fabric 2 Yds or more are by color in those 3 drawer clear plastic cabnets.
I love yr shows. I record them so I never miss them, I really like the end when you showcase someone or some special thing someone is doing.,
Thankyou, Kathy Calley
shirley marvin
SORT ??? Are you really supposed to sort? Never really did any of that but am now starting to. Putting like things together. Panels – birds- animals all fabrics for a particular quilt. Otherwise more fun going thru my fabric to see what is in there,.
WyuDi
I organize by color, even all my scraps. I’ve found this to be very helpful when starting yet another project, lol. It’s the finishing I find challenging. Not really, but so many techniques I want to try, and quilts to make. Like Nancy’s Ferris Wheel, loving that one!.
LoAnn Trowbridge
I mostly sort by colors, although I have Christmas fabric all together, Halloween together, etc.
veronica
I used to have black plastic bags full of remnants of every sort. Frustrated at my mess and unable to find what I wanted, one by one I pulled it out, all wrinkled of course, pressed each piece, cut off all odd ball pieces from it, folded it to about 13 inches and tri-folded them and stacked them into four large trunks. The odd ball pieces I cut into 2 1/2 ” squares, 4 1/2 ” squares. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2″, 8 1/2 x 8 1/2″ and also 10 1/2 x 10 1/2″ squares to make scrap quilts. Best thing I ever did. I do have childrens/babie fabrics together, yardages for quilt backs, and over time seem to have a good sense of what I’m looking for and where. It works for me, especially the trunks. Had fun shopping for them at yard sales and got some good bargains that I refinished and they look great !
Sandra Reiter
I’ll only listen to you Nancy. Tell me what to do. You bring cheer to my day.
Denise Smith
I am a bit different, I sort by love, whoever I am in love with, gets to be on my work table, then all projects to be worked on are in order of love to do…then there are the bins full of ex lovers that just didn’t make the grade…yet, one can always renew a love affair..
Kate
How appropriate my birthday is in January. I try!! to sort by type – Batiks, retro etc. but somewhere along the way things get thrown in thinking I’ll sort it later….we all know how that turns out…I hope your doing well have a blessed Christmas to you, your family, and your staff!
DIANA
I sort first batiks, then quilt cottons….then by color. But if you looked in my sewing room, bedroom , closet, storage bins in the garage…..trunk of car, you would know I’m falling down on the job of sorting..Oh, FORGOT…of course kits are on their own.
Chris
I usually sort by size but lately they go in a big box and when my UFO group all gets a big box of their own we get together on a Sat and make string quilts for donations. We just throw our collections together and start sewing.
Paula Zidel
My sorting method is Batiks (in their own cabinet) by color. I sort my cottons by color and size, as well. Using Sterilite containers, in their own cabinet, I store UFOs and projects on my wish list wherein I have pulled fabrics for the patterns selected. By putting the patterns and fabrics together I won’t have to worry about using ‘some’ on another project and then run short. I have my flannels together, bolts go together, and backings also sorted by color. I started out small and it seems that overnight (20 years, lol) my stash has grown. Now, if the quilting elves would visit me occasionally I’d be tickled pink . Merry Christmas, and a wish for a Very Happy New Year, Nancy!!
K Murphy
Beautiful fabric, can’t wait for it to hit the market! I sort by color, then size, although some things are constantly moving from one spot to another:)
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Linda
I sort my fabric in a mish-mash way! It’s mostly by color but I keep batiks, Christmas fabrics, and landscape quilting fabrics separate. And some pieces get cut into 2 1/2 inch strips for quilting at a later date.
Chris
I sort by shape: strips, squares, triangles but I’m starting to think by color would be more efficient. Garnet is really lovely. I would love to make a quilt with it. If I don’t win, I’ll look for it in my quilt shop. Thanks.
sheila hlushak
My cut scraps go into a bin, the new fat quarters and larger cuts are all folded the same shape and stored by color.
Rosalind Gutierrez
Usually I organize by color but do keep certain collections together (20-30’s, civil war, batiks, polka dots).
Sherry Moran
I sort by colors unless I have several from a line, then, I sort those together.
I LOVE your new line!
Carol Burns
I started sorting by type of fabric then color, till my daughter came shopping at moms fabric room. I do keep my scrap (smaller) pieces seperate from my yardage, & my fat quarters are in there own drawers. I also have all my Christmas, Halloween, Easter, etc fabric in their own containers. When I pick out a project to work on, all the materials they go in a bag with the pattern. At least till the grandkids come who like to play with the fabric (tents, forts etc) then I have to redo it. I don’t mind, as they ask what color is ”tis or what kind of material is this. Hopefully they are learning from it.
Sunni
I’d love to say I’m as organized as a quilt shop….but alas! Fat quarters go in long narrow baskets. Yardage wrapped on bolts and stacked. Scraps are in bins. Projects are in totes and yet some smaller yardage,by color,are in plastic “milk” baskets. Somehow I can recall where each fabric is located. Any more fabric and I will have to do inventory like my favorite quilt shops.
Nancy Powell
I sort my stash by color but when it comes to scraps, I have not found anything that seems to work for me. I’ve tried plastic bags by size. Plastic bags by color, fabric boxes that I made. This is a very confusing thing to me as to how to save scraps. Scraps too little and threads and small pieces of batting get thrown into a bag and are donated to stuff dog beds for the shelters.
Peggy
I’m very unorganized, I’m afraid. I start off sorting by color, then it all gets muddled up and I have to start over. Right now everything is a jumble, with promises to sort it all,out after Christmas. Live the new collection, and its in my college ra.
Peggy
I’m very unorganized, I’m afraid. I start off sorting by color, then it all gets muddled up and I have to start over. Right now everything is a jumble, with promises to sort it all,out after Christmas. Live the new collection, and its in my coll
Jenny Moore
I sort my stash by color and size. All fat quarters are piled by color and the same with yardage. Hope I am lucky.
Misty Smith
My stash is so unorganized. I have all my Halloween material together. I started to organize by color but so far I have only gotten one tub of red fabric completed. One day it will be sorted, maybe. 🙂
Delaine
My stash is sorted mainly by color, then by theme. Thanks!
Marty
My yardage and fat quarters are sorted by main (background) color on shelves (except for my small collections of 1930s replica prints and batiks which are in separate areas). Anything more than 5 yards is not shelved but kept vertical (rolled or on bolt cardboard), jelly rolls are placed in rows for quick selection, and charm packs are stacked near coordinating jelly rolls. Scraps 1.5″ are cut and put into plastic box sections (as lights or darks). Thread snips and any fabric or batting pieces less than 1.5″ wide are put into a bag for stuffing sewn toys.
Gail Mandli
I sort by project. And I must have a lot of projects in the queue because I have a bunch of totes filled with future projects. I have none in the garnet range though…that would be a beautiful addition and would move to the front of the line
Cindy Hair
My fabrics are sorted by colors. I have most of them on mini bolts made from foam board. I like the look of a small quilt shop. Fat quarters are in a container by color. Themed fabrics are separate.
Ellen
I sort my fabric by color.
Ellie Z
the new collection in red matches my favorite color to combine for scrappy quilts. I keep all the smaller pieces I plan to use for scrappy quilts in a large tub in my sewing room. My material is sorted by what is primary on the material, color, flowers, stripes, pattern, etc.; or with the color combinations I purchased them with.
Judy G.
At this point I feel lucky to have most of my fabric wrapped on acid-free “comic backer boards ” and sorted primarily by fabric type. If I ever get to it, I would like to do a color sort within each fabric type.
Doreen Linehan
I sort by color.
Pam
Most of my fabric is sorted by project. I also keep all Christmas prints together. I love your new fabric line!!!
Diane
I only sort by batik vs non-batik.
Martha Drabiski
I use two methods to sort my stash. I try to keep all the fabric together for a specific project, this makes it easy to get started. The rest of my stash is sorted by colors. Love learning from Nancy.
Donna Foltz
I sort by color in labeled plastic bins. I love this collection of fabrics and have been collecting reds, tan gold and greens for a future planned quilt. These are stunning!
Lisa Toth
I sort by color. Color is what I am looking for when I need some fabric.
Janice Hobbs
My small scraps are sorted by color in plastic shoe box size bins, 1-2 yard measured fabrics are folded and sorted by theme, larger cuts are on bolts and stored by color. My sewing room looks like a quilt shop!
Christine M
By color. But I do keep my scraps and fat quarters separated from the yardage.
diane motley
I store my size and/or current project….all my jelly rolls are together, all. my batiks are together. It’s not great but it works for me.
Avis Cooper
First, I want to congratulate you on this beautiful assortment of fabrics! They would be very comfortable in my fabric stash!! I basically sort by colour and then within each colour I sub-sort into floral, solids, geometric etc. Recently I went through my stash and re-folded to fit my spaces more efficiently and I took the time to measure what I had and pinned that information on most of the pieces. It gives me a quick idea of whether I have enough for an upcoming project. Thank you for all the input you give us to make our sewing good, better and best!! Merry Christmas to you all.
Barb Hovie
My fabric is sorted mainly by color. Love the Garnet Collection it is beautiful.
Vicki Olszewski
It depends. Some are sorted by project because they look so good together! But the rest is sorted by color. Beautiful new fabric line, Nancy!
jane
I sort by color, seasonal/holiday, and batiks! Also sort the batting by weight, interfacing, laces, etc. Just makes it easier for a beginner!
jane
I sort by color, seasonal/holiday, and batiks! Also sort the batting by weight, interfacing, laces, etc. Just makes it easier for a beginner! January birthday is Garnet–which I would love.
Deanna Williams
Less than 1 yd cuts are sorted by color and holidays are grouped together. larger cuts are sorted more by fabric type and all my scraps are by size and not color. When an area fills up, it’s time to get some sewing done to make room for something new!
Cindy Hoover
I sort by color, and within color I sort by type, such as baby fabrics, solids, etc. My cupboards are pretty visual, so even if I was looking just at baby fabrics in pink, I could easily see all my other pinks, too.
Janie M
I sort by size. If I have fabrics that are part of a collection I keep those in with the material that goes together. Thank you for a generous giveaway.
brenda
Merry Christmas I sort by color and arrange in the rainbow and then any neutrals like white,black,brown,gray beyond that. it is so easy to reach for the exact color I need without a lot of thinking and or rummaging about.
Carole A. LaDue
I am knew to quilting (and sewing), I started by seeing a table runner quilt pattern that I brought to my neighbor who is a quilter and said I want to make this into a bedspread. She took me to Joann’s Fabrics and coordinated colors for me (I had to buy a sewing machine too) and I began my fabric stash. I still cannot coordinate fabric so I buy kits! How do I sort my fabric scraps, I don’t, I enjoy looking threw the pieces and think I’m going to make a scrap quilt someday! Love the new collection.
Linda Rupe
I sort by size and color, and, to some extent fiber: my silks, linens and wools are separate from my much larger assortment of cottons. Larger yardage is on bolts – arranged by color, then cuts arranged by color, down to fat quarters, also arranged by color. Some collections are kept together if I think I will use them together.
ell
I sort by color except for fabrics that have themes such as Christmas.
Barbara R.
I sort by fabric and color except Christmas fabrics.
Nicole
I tend to sort my fabric by type, but the scraps just get put all together.
Pam Kosirog
I have mine sorted somewhat by season, fabric type and scraps or larger pieces. I have a bin with precuts like jelly rolls and layer cakes. I also have most of my fat quarters in one place. The only this that is a problem is a large tub of many different size and color pieces, I just have not gotten in to that one yet! I love the Garnet collection!
Doris C.
I sort by color, by collections, also by fabric content and by
theme.
Sue Doucet
Thank you for all the years of teaching. I knew the basics from Home Ec classes in high school, but continued my education by watching your shows and reading your books. I tend to sort my fabric by collection and color. Mostly it is a mess but I find what I need as I need it. I intend to purchase the fat quarter of Garnet collection. to make a quilt for my neighbor. Her 7 year old granddaughter just had heart surgery and is not doing too well so I thought the red color and designs, which she loves, would make her a wonderful quilt. Even if I win this I will still make the purchase to make the Spool quilt pattern, because I like the red designs. I need something to brighten my days also. My husband of 52 years died in June 2016. Thank you again for your wonderful teaching abilities.
June Vandenberg
I do sort. By category and by color.
Batiks, 30’s, civil war, kids, anything Elise goes by color.
I keep my fabric in bins especially fat quarters and small pieces I might want for applique. Any large yardage gets sorted the same way and stacked on my selves. I wish I could share a picture of my studio closet so you could see it better.
Carol
Unfortunately I am a digger, not a sorter but the Garnet Fabric Collection makes my mouth water. If I should be so lucky to win this collection I won’t have time to sort as I have so many ideas and projects that will keep this collection right on top.
Even though I am a digger, I am always able to go right to the fabric I am looking for and in the process I get reacquainted with other fabrics that I run across in the digging process. Makes me want to start digging right now!
Christine Warner
I am new to sewing, but have acquired quite a fabric collection already! I have somewhat have it sorted by size and then color. I need to figure out a better system, its like a fabric explosion in my computer room! And red is my favorite to collect, so the garnet pack would be so wonderful!!
Dorothy Harvey
I use to work in a fabric store and when it closed I took home the cabinets that held the patterns in it, I have one cabinet for each colour and one for large pieces (over 3 meters) all of my Christmas prints are in a tote so I can go through them at any time. I would love to receive your collection to add to mine.
Allison Nesbitt
I sort my fabric a few different ways. In my closet, I use a small shelving rack meant for shoes, I keep my fabric in ROYGBIV order and by size, i.e., fat quarter, 1/2 yard, 1 yd. for a current or waiting project, the fabric and directions are in a basket on the shelf of my sewing table. For wool and fleece, they are in a tub. Sorting and cleaning my sewing room is usually done in January. I jokingly call it “organiz-u-ary”. P.s. Your fabric is lovely.
Ida Tendam
I sort by color. And by project. My fabric stash is a mess but I am always finding buried treasures in it. I have quit buying fabric so I would dearly love to win this fabric giveaway of your gorgeous Garnet line. Thank you.
Susan Knight
Lovely the garnet collection,so deep and warm.I just want to wallow in that quilt. As to my fabric stash, I sort by types and then by color,putting the smallest in those clear shoe boxes and then the bigger pieces in plastic bakery bags.I have always loved fabrics,and I can remember my mother taking me to a fabric shop in Los Angeles, International silks and woolens. She lierallyu had to drag me out when she finished her business, They loved me and used to send me home with a bag of all kinds of scraps!
Betty Meyskens
I sort most of my fabrics by colour. I also have totes for projects – that way I can put the fabric and pattern in individual totes until I get the project started. I also have small totes for scraps by color. My grandson has started to learn to sew – so he can go into my scrap totes and use those fabrics.
Your Garnet collection is so beautiful – love the patterns that you are suggesting too.
Thank you for the chance to win some beautiful fabrics and patterns.