I love that you showed different cuts of fabric and how you folded them. You basically used the same concept, which makes it so easy. Now I can organize my fabric and it will look so nice and neat . Thank you Mister Domestic 😊
I stressed for the longest time about folding my wall of fabric and finally found(abt 10 years ago) the debbee flip fold boards from HSN and I got 2 sizes, a kids and an adult shirt folder. All my small pieces I use the kids and the large pieces I use the adult and my large are upholstery fabrics maybe 10+ yards. It was the best solution for my problem. I had so much fabric that I needed a simple method. I tried everything. I only have 2 sizes and just use the board to fit it to size. Thanks for sharing.
Hi, I joined your page today! I'm so glad you tidied up your rroom, and I watched ALL those videos before this one. I do mine regularly, otherwise but only for 1 hr or so... I couldn't work in peace
I was folding fat quarters to put into pastic project boxes yesterday, and now I have to refold them so they look like yours. Thanks? I really like the boop boop boop sound effect most of all.
I've been teaching a single mom and four of her five children, how to sew for a year now. Two boys 16 & 13, two girls 10 & 11. I recently called for a day to organize their fabric and supplies. One year ago they had zero fabric and supplies and only one machine. Now with five machines and a blessing of fabric/supplies, it was time to organize. Yes yes yes, be consestint with folding your fabric!!! Now they can see what they have.
Mister Domestic! Your instructions on how to handle those odd sized pieces was awesome! You would not want to look in my fabric stash as my odd size piece folding is scandalous! Well off to re-fold!
As soon as we get out of school for the year, I’m moving my sewing room to the main level of my home and and the family’s bedrooms upstairs. This is going to be so helpful to me! Thanks, Matthew!
I love it - for larger pieces of fabric of more than a yard, I use foam art board. I cut an A1 size board to 3 pieces (so each piece is a 3rd of the width of the board), and fold my fabric so it fits the height of the cut board and then wrap the fabric round like a bolt & secure it with a short glass head dress pin (trying to match the colour of the pin to the fabrid). Once the fabric runs out, then I can re-use the cut board for other fabrics. Love my little display of fabric.
Getting organized is not the problem for me... It's staying organized. LOL!! My hubby bought plastic tubs and shelving for me to hold my quilting cotton because I have organized by color. Thank you for posting this video,it helps me stay on track.
THANK YOU!!!! I’ve been getting all kinds of shapes and sizes. It’ll be a big job to fix them but ever so worth it. And Oh My God! The fashion fabric has given me the blues.
I love how you fold your fabrics. Putting my fabrics on comic boards don’t work for me but the way you showed me how to fold works perfectly. Thank you soooo much for the videos!!
Admired the fabrics on your shelves before, great to know your folding technique and, looking at your shelves, seeing the coordination of color groups. Makes it easier to pull for projects.
Love the shirt.. where? Also love the hints. Especially the larger cuts. I have really been struggling with them. Totally didn't think "get them down to fat quarter size". Brilliant!
Great tips. Thanks for sharing. I am getting to the point where I need to organize m leftover fabrics. I’ve only made about 6 quilts but have a ton of fabric left. It won’t be long and I’ll have plenty for some scrappy quilts!
why couldn't I find a guy like you. and that draw...yall...luv it.♡ I am desperately trying to organize my hobby mess. fabric, yarn, scrapbooking and art....my my my what a hot mess I have...
I definitely need to implement some folding techniques with my fabric stash!!!! Maybe when we move I will be motivated to organize and fold it pretty in the new space hahahaa......thanks for showing this great info!
Love this idea. I have been folding mine using cardboard, but that takes up more room. The cardboard is also a pain to cut. Will be recycling the cardboard and using your idea. Thanks, Matthew.
i just shove all my scraps into a rubbermaid tote, then get mad that i have to iron them everytime i want to sew. Lol. I'm going to fold it all now and make my own rainbow shelf :) thanks!
I would die to have your scrap bin!!! Hahaha..... I just think about how much fabric I folded over the years I worked at Fabric Depot.... love your videos! And if you ever want donate your scraps I would love it!!
I usually keep thicker fabrics like quilted fabrics or velvets on rolls since they are hella thick whem folded up and are much easier to manage on rolls than shelves. Fabrics like silks or tulle or spandex can be kept on bolts if theyre larger than 5 yards or just folded if theyre less than 5 yards since larger lengths are such space eaters and I want to look at the shelves as if I was in a fabric store.
Brilliant Matthew, thank you so much! I don’t have those wonderful shelves, I do have a large dresser that my fabric is in, I suppose I can fold them like you’ve shown and just stack them neatly in the drawers. Thanks again! 💚💚💚
Love the T-shirt. I wish my fabric could be as beautifully displayed as yours. Unfortunately my stash is enormous, and I rarely buy less than 1-2 meters. For those with a similar stash challenge, my tip is wrapping fabric around comic boards, and placing them with side edges facing up in plastic totes. The totes I've found are too short to allow me to put the lid on, but I probably wouldn't in any case since, it would hide the fabric. My only challenge is keeping my stash raider (aka sister) from messing up what I've organized. :-)
I do like the look of your shelves. They are so nicely arranged. However, since I don't have shelves as narrow as yours are, I tend to store my fabric in plastic bins and shoe boxes. Or if I bought the bolt, it's still on it lying on top of a box or two. I'm thinking of wrapping some of my larger yardage pieces on a small piece of cardboard as a mini bolt to stand upright.
I just asked you about how you fold your fabric on another video comment thread. Then I found this video. Lol. I guess I should have looked first. Do ever buy in 2 or 3 yard cuts? How do you store interfacing?
I fold large pieces like backings by wrapping around an 8" wide ruler (already folded selvedge to selvedge like it came off the bolt) then the final fold from front to back to fit on my 11-12" deep shelves. If it's more than 5 or 6 yards it can be too thick for the last fold. Originally I tried putting a little label on them to tell me the yardage, but they always fell off. So now I weigh it on my digital yarn scale to find out approximately how many yards, before unfolding the whole thing to see if I have the necessary amount for borders, backing or whatever I'm after. I weighed a 1, 2 and 3 yard piece at the start and put a little label on my shelf for reference.
Do you prewash? When I bring fabric home, it goes into my sewing room to be serged on the raw edges. Then it's washed and dried, so it won't shrink after I make something. But that's just what I do.
cool , but what you recommand for heavy tapestry fabrics ? i have a lot of, i'm costume designer and i don't know how fold and organise that because it's really you know hard as carpet ^^ so if you have some ideas ^^
I understand the size here. It appears you organize your fabric by color? Material (knit, cotton etc.,) Do you seperate it by size too? Fat quarters in this section, 1/2 yard in this section? Etc. Im asking because I dont usually have ANY fabric less than 1 yrd. Less scraps from a finished project. Then I cut them to 2.5 by any length. Rest gets trashed.
Does it matter which way you store the fabric???? I mean like folding and laying on a shelf or wrapping around a board and stand it up.I see you have both ways in the shelf behind you
I love that you showed different cuts of fabric and how you folded them. You basically used the same concept, which makes it so easy. Now I can organize my fabric and it will look so nice and neat . Thank you Mister Domestic 😊
I stressed for the longest time about folding my wall of fabric and finally found(abt 10 years ago) the debbee flip fold boards from HSN and I got 2 sizes, a kids and an adult shirt folder. All my small pieces I use the kids and the large pieces I use the adult and my large are upholstery fabrics maybe 10+ yards. It was the best solution for my problem. I had so much fabric that I needed a simple method. I tried everything. I only have 2 sizes and just use the board to fit it to size.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi, I joined your page today! I'm so glad you tidied up your rroom, and I watched ALL those videos before this one. I do mine regularly, otherwise but only for 1 hr or so... I couldn't work in peace
I was folding fat quarters to put into pastic project boxes yesterday, and now I have to refold them so they look like yours. Thanks? I really like the boop boop boop sound effect most of all.
Nice job with the wonky shape!😍
Also, if stylish fabric folding were an Olympic sport you would definitely bring home the gold medal!! 🇺🇸👑🔆
I've been teaching a single mom and four of her five children, how to sew for a year now. Two boys 16 & 13, two girls 10 & 11. I recently called for a day to organize their fabric and supplies. One year ago they had zero fabric and supplies and only one machine. Now with five machines and a blessing of fabric/supplies, it was time to organize. Yes yes yes, be consestint with folding your fabric!!! Now they can see what they have.
Thanks for showing how to fold a peice that wasn't square! So many people make folding videos of how to fold a rectangle and that's it.
OK. I’m mom to 5 boys (little to adult) and I have to laugh every time you do sound effects....while managing your fabric :). Too funny.
agreed
Thanks for the great tips!! I can start really organizing my fabric not to just organize but to look beautiful as well! You are a wonderful teacher!
Mister Domestic! Your instructions on how to handle those odd sized pieces was awesome! You would not want to look in my fabric stash as my odd size piece folding is scandalous! Well off to re-fold!
Cuteness overload! I love ettt 😍
As soon as we get out of school for the year, I’m moving my sewing room to the main level of my home and and the family’s bedrooms upstairs. This is going to be so helpful to me! Thanks, Matthew!
Like the way your brain works.
Shelves still looking good; congrats on maintaining discipline longer than I can.
Virginia in Ohio
I am literally drooling over your fabrics over here... This was great, thank you Mathew!
Matthew Kondo!!! Stash looking good!
Great work. Where can I get the purple cutting mat?
bundle of cuteness plus a nice ribbon or something equals a gift!!
I love it - for larger pieces of fabric of more than a yard, I use foam art board. I cut an A1 size board to 3 pieces (so each piece is a 3rd of the width of the board), and fold my fabric so it fits the height of the cut board and then wrap the fabric round like a bolt & secure it with a short glass head dress pin (trying to match the colour of the pin to the fabrid). Once the fabric runs out, then I can re-use the cut board for other fabrics. Love my little display of fabric.
Getting organized is not the problem for me... It's staying organized. LOL!! My hubby bought plastic tubs and shelving for me to hold my quilting cotton because I have organized by color. Thank you for posting this video,it helps me stay on track.
THANK YOU!!!! I’ve been getting all kinds of shapes and sizes. It’ll be a big job to fix them but ever so worth it. And Oh My God! The fashion fabric has given me the blues.
Thank you for showing us how you fold your fabric! Your shelves look so nice and organized. I can't wait to try it! 😁 I love your shirt as well. ❤
Great idea with starting small and working up, those are the ones that give me fits.
Boom boom boom! I just love your teaching ways. Never change Kiddo!
Thank you for breaking this down!
I love how you fold your fabrics. Putting my fabrics on comic boards don’t work for me but the way you showed me how to fold works perfectly. Thank you soooo much for the videos!!
Admired the fabrics on your shelves before, great to know your folding technique and, looking at your shelves, seeing the coordination of color groups. Makes it easier to pull for projects.
Love the shirt.. where? Also love the hints. Especially the larger cuts. I have really been struggling with them. Totally didn't think "get them down to fat quarter size". Brilliant!
Great tips. Thanks for sharing. I am getting to the point where I need to organize m leftover fabrics. I’ve only made about 6 quilts but have a ton of fabric left. It won’t be long and I’ll have plenty for some scrappy quilts!
So glad CZcams suggested this video. And thank you for the message on your t-shirt. Definitely subscribing to your channel.
why couldn't I find a guy like you. and that draw...yall...luv it.♡ I am desperately trying to organize my hobby mess. fabric, yarn, scrapbooking and art....my my my what a hot mess I have...
You do the best 'no one ever thinks of explaining' videos :D thank you
can you do fitted sheets next???? ;-) ;-)
Thanks for sharing. Your suggestions are helping me get organized. Also love your sound effects 😜
Booboopbooopboop! I need a purple cutting mat!
I definitely need to implement some folding techniques with my fabric stash!!!! Maybe when we move I will be motivated to organize and fold it pretty in the new space hahahaa......thanks for showing this great info!
Love this idea. I have been folding mine using cardboard, but that takes up more room. The cardboard is also a pain to cut. Will be recycling the cardboard and using your idea. Thanks, Matthew.
i just shove all my scraps into a rubbermaid tote, then get mad that i have to iron them everytime i want to sew. Lol. I'm going to fold it all now and make my own rainbow shelf :) thanks!
Great folding tutorial. Even greater T-shirt!
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I have found your shared organizing strategies SOOO inspiring!!! Thank you.🥰👏
Love the sentiment on your Tshirt.
Thanks for the folding tips! I always have trouble with the wonky leftover pieces, but now I don’t!
I would die to have your scrap bin!!! Hahaha..... I just think about how much fabric I folded over the years I worked at Fabric Depot.... love your videos! And if you ever want donate your scraps I would love it!!
Great folding fabric for visible storage video!
Love the T shirt! I'm a fat quarter addict 😂 this is great!
I usually keep thicker fabrics like quilted fabrics or velvets on rolls since they are hella thick whem folded up and are much easier to manage on rolls than shelves. Fabrics like silks or tulle or spandex can be kept on bolts if theyre larger than 5 yards or just folded if theyre less than 5 yards since larger lengths are such space eaters and I want to look at the shelves as if I was in a fabric store.
Best video I’ve seen yet. Great job. More please.
Thank you! You are awesome 😎!
Thanks for sharing great ideas for folding fabric its a good motivation to organize our sewing room
Thank you so much, brother
Brilliant Matthew, thank you so much! I don’t have those wonderful shelves, I do have a large dresser that my fabric is in, I suppose I can fold them like you’ve shown and just stack them neatly in the drawers. Thanks again! 💚💚💚
Thank you so much. You are the Boss of folds!!! 🥰💕 I Love your personality! New subscriber here.
Cute folded fabric! Right up my alley. Thanks!
Thank you so brother
Yay! Thanks for sharing this fun video! Can't wait to start folding! 😊
Love your shirt, your energy about to watch you other videos. 😍😍😍
Oh Thanks for sharing, love the idea with the wonky fabric! Who knew?! Love your videos ;)
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful ideas.. I just found your videos and love them. I’m hooked 😷💕👍🏻
Aaaa your amazing! This video it's so relaxing. I love organization! Your shirt too! Love it
Love the T-shirt.
I wish my fabric could be as beautifully displayed as yours. Unfortunately my stash is enormous, and I rarely buy less than 1-2 meters. For those with a similar stash challenge, my tip is wrapping fabric around comic boards, and placing them with side edges facing up in plastic totes. The totes I've found are too short to allow me to put the lid on, but I probably wouldn't in any case since, it would hide the fabric. My only challenge is keeping my stash raider (aka sister) from messing up what I've organized. :-)
Hi there Mathew Wow such Amazing ideas Also love the TShirt xx
Awesome!! Thank you!! Going to fold my fabrics like this going forward 🙌
Thank You!!
Thank you very much for all your good ideas. I needed them.
That shirt!! 😍😍😍😍
Fantastic!!
Thank you.
Love the T Shirt
I'm so inspired by you to go tackle my sewing room! Help!!
Thank you
What would we do without your advice and ideas 🤩😎👍🇦🇺
I got an app to use so I know what I have in my inventory. Next step is folding my fabrics nice and neat.
Love your T-shirt 🧡
Love love love your shirt!
I do like the look of your shelves. They are so nicely arranged. However, since I don't have shelves as narrow as yours are, I tend to store my fabric in plastic bins and shoe boxes. Or if I bought the bolt, it's still on it lying on top of a box or two. I'm thinking of wrapping some of my larger yardage pieces on a small piece of cardboard as a mini bolt to stand upright.
wow! your shelves behind you are wonderful> Where do I fine something like that?
You rock!! Thanks for the ideas!! ❤ 💋
I just asked you about how you fold your fabric on another video comment thread. Then I found this video. Lol. I guess I should have looked first. Do ever buy in 2 or 3 yard cuts? How do you store interfacing?
I fold large pieces like backings by wrapping around an 8" wide ruler (already folded selvedge to selvedge like it came off the bolt) then the final fold from front to back to fit on my 11-12" deep shelves. If it's more than 5 or 6 yards it can be too thick for the last fold. Originally I tried putting a little label on them to tell me the yardage, but they always fell off. So now I weigh it on my digital yarn scale to find out approximately how many yards, before unfolding the whole thing to see if I have the necessary amount for borders, backing or whatever I'm after. I weighed a 1, 2 and 3 yard piece at the start and put a little label on my shelf for reference.
Love watching your videos. If you ever get funky you could send me your scraps of material/fabric anytime😘 perfect for scrappy bags
Im just here to see the pretty fabric
Bom dia!! Você está abrindo minha mente. Beijos ♥️
Love your shirt! Happy Pride
Do you prewash? When I bring fabric home, it goes into my sewing room to be serged on the raw edges. Then it's washed and dried, so it won't shrink after I make something. But that's just what I do.
You had me at "y'all" 🖤 #Native_Texan #newsub
I loved this... when you have them folded and organized do you put them just by color or do you by size then by color?
cool , but what you recommand for heavy tapestry fabrics ? i have a lot of, i'm costume designer and i don't know how fold and organise that because it's really you know hard as carpet ^^ so if you have some ideas ^^
I understand the size here. It appears you organize your fabric by color? Material (knit, cotton etc.,) Do you seperate it by size too? Fat quarters in this section, 1/2 yard in this section? Etc. Im asking because I dont usually have ANY fabric less than 1 yrd. Less scraps from a finished project. Then I cut them to 2.5 by any length. Rest gets trashed.
Thanks for sharing
Neat and tidy! 👌
Thanks for all your tip. Helps me with organizing my sewing supplies. 10 Q
Only difference in my folded fabric, i don't bury my salvage edges to deep so i can easily find the color strip to match to other fabrics.
Does it matter which way you store the fabric???? I mean like folding and laying on a shelf or wrapping around a board and stand it up.I see you have both ways in the shelf behind you
Love love love your shirt saying
I’m horrible at folding fabric🥺I’ll be doing this from now on😊
Thank you, good info, love the sound of stacking bundles 😁 Do you wash your fabrics when you get them, are all those fabrics on your shelves washed?🤔
Good to know. Thanks! X
You are too adorable 💞
Your white balance kept freaking out. Is your cutting mat purple or blue (I so want a purple one.)?
I fold mine so there isn't a lot of fold marks. But I also have it so when I pull them off the shelf I can just open the one end and be able to cut.
Hiding the raw edges doesn’t just make it super cute, it also keeps the raw edges from fraying caused by rubbing along other surfaces.
Boop boop boop boop boop lol ty