Organizing fabric swatches

Welcome to Transformation Thursday! It’s the one day of the week we all get together to celebrate getting stuff done. No matter if you’ve been coming around for months (or years), or this is your very first transformation rodeo – everyone is welcome to link up your projects at the bottom of this post.

I use a lot of fabric. Some I keep in stock (basics like muslin & burlap), others I buy a whole bolt because I fall in love with it. Every now and then I buy just a yard or two so I can test it out to see if it sells before committing to a huge amount. I’m not naturally organized, so figuring out how to keep it all straight took a while. And, since I occasionally have to send Mr. SCC shopping on his own, I also had to have a system that he could use, too. After some trial and error – I came up with a pretty much fail safe way to keep it all together. Want to do one of your own? Alrighty then!

You’ll need the fabrics that you want to keep up with. You can do a different set for each room or do them all in one pile – it up to you. Cut your swatch (that’s a funny word!). I use about a 2 inch x 3 inch strip.

You’ll also need a some binder rings from the office department. A pack of 8 is less than $2 at Wally World – so you get a lotta bang for your bucks.

I used my Cropadile to put a small grommet in each piece of fabric.

If you don’t have a Cropadile, you could use your sewing machine and put a button hole in the top of each one – or even sew a little piece of ribbon to the end of each one.

To make sure I don’t forget where it came from, I write the store where I purchased it, then write the SKU# on back (you can find the number on your receipt). It’s MUCH easier to find a fabric if you have the magic number! Now when you wanna get your shop on, or run out of your favorite fabric, you’ll know where & how to find it. You could also use the same method with paint chips when you paint your rooms – just get your paint maker person to put the “recipe” print out on the back of your paint chip.

I just love simple solutions!

Sooooooo……. whatcha got? I wanna see – and so does everybody else! Please put your PERMALINK into the linky – and link back here so everyone can find all the great ideas. Please, please, PLEASE – pretty please DO NOT LINK TO A SHOP!!! Be sure to visit your neighbors and have fun – it is a party after all.  *Please note! If the linky shows up twice, just put your link in the first one. Blogger would NOT let me edit a post – and Live Writer double links it – so it’s all or nothin’ :)*
Welllllllll…………. Let’er rip, tater chip!