They are not cheap and its hard to stomach the investment sometimes when really all it is, is a piece of plastic board that you are wrapping your. Then place the mini bolt board at one end, fold the fabric over it, and continue folding the fabric over and over until the end of the yardage is reached. Besides the 7 12 size was almost twice as much as the 6 34 size. Last weekend i shared on instagram that i was reorganizing my sewing roomstudio and folding my fabric onto comic book boards several of you asked to see a video, so here it is. The mini bolt is easy to store or display on a shelf. Fivestarfonts folding fabric on comic book boards youtube. I have the current ones but i use them for folding and storing fabric. This technique allows the fabric to be filed away flatly and vertically, providing more space for storage. They are just the right size and they fit in my file drawer just right. I was happy with the way the 6 34 worked with the fabric.
You could also use 2 or 3 boards taped together to make them sturdier if you want to since they are so inexpensive. I got the idea from sew easy on you tube to use these comic book boards. I am using these boards to organize my fabric stash of fat quarters. Love the way it looks, just like a fabric store in your home. How to fold and store fabric on comic book boards by. Folding fabric onto comic book boards the quilt district. Simply fold your fabric selvedge to selvedge and fold it once more in half lengthwise.
There are a lot of videos and tutorials online for the best way to fold fabric on comic book boards. I have lots of fabric, which means lots of boards would be required, and it could get expensive, so. How to fold your fabric on comic book boards youtube. And if you have a lot of smaller cuts of lots of different prints, these comic book boards will save you a lot of money. How to fold fabric with comic book boards organize fabric. Comic book boards i would like to fold my fabrics around comic book boards, but im not sure what kind or size to get, or whether theyre actually safe for fabric storage. Last weekend i shared on instagram that i was reorganizing my sewing roomstudio and folding my fabric onto comic book boards. I purchased the 6 34 x 10 12 and the 7 12 x 10 12 from 2 different comic book stores. Big fudge archival comic book boards 1990current pack of 50 backing board protectors for current comic boards, 6. Mar 25, 2015 have you ever seen a photo of someones fabric stash and wondered how in the world they got it to stand up on a shelf like that. What size comic book boards are best for fabric storage.
You can easily put 1, 2, or even 3 yards of fabric around each board. Thus folded, the fabric can be shelved and organized, still on display but taking up less of a footprint. Instead of the smaller comic book boards, i went with these 8. This little bit of extra size gives just enough extra. I too am fabric obsessed and well i bought 500 boards and its still not enough another thing that i did do was gather up a bunch of finished bolts from joanns and cut them to the same size as comic boards to save a little money and they worked for my flannel and non. Ive been reading about people who organize their fabric this way, and they all swear that it takes up.
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