How I store my quilting fabric using comic book boards

 

I thought I'd share how I store my quilting fabric.  Sadly I don't have the luxury of specially designed custom shelving for my fabric, nor do I tend to buy enough of it to justify proper bolts.  Instead I had to make do with what I could buy.

 

I bought a 4x4 cube unit (from Super Amart, but like Ikea Kallax or many other shops).  For a while my fabric lived folded on the shelves but it didn't look nice enough for my liking.  I googled looking for mini bolts or something similar but didn't have too much luck.  To my surprise I found what I was after at my local comic book store, Kaboom Comics. 

Comic book boards!  I pay $20 for a pack of 100, cheaper than I could find online so I urge you to check with your local store as not only do you support local business you could save some money too!  I walked in and asked for some comic book boards, I was then asked what size, it was then I had to explain I wanted them to store my fabric.  Surprisingly the man behind the counter had heard about them being used for fabric but hadn't actually had anyone buy them for fabric before.

It was a pretty simple project to take a pile of fabric from a mess to something that you're proud to show off.

1.Pull out all the fabric you want to roll.
2.Leave the quilting fabric folded as it came off the bolt

 

3.Fold again, the fold down to the selvedge so the WOF is in quarters along the length of the fabric.

 

4. Place the board on the fabric and roll!

5.Fold over the end into a triangle and pin in place (Not strictly required but it does look pretty!)

6. Put in your shelves and admire the prettiness!

 

I've found this works well for fabric 1/2yard and more, you could also use the same method for FQs but just fold in half not quarters obviously.

The guy behind the counter also told me to tell my friends if it worked, does this count?

*NB Kaboom Comics didn't pay me to tell you about them, I just thought Id support a local business who offered the product cheaper than I'd found online