Fabric Junky

You may have never heard of this addiction before, but it is nothing to be laughed at. Fabric purchasing is a real problem. Who can stop themselves from wandering the endless shelves of bolted fabric. This is a sensory overload for everyone. The texture, colors, and smells, not to mention the bitchy old women that work at fabric stores and think that you are there to wipe your filthy paws all over their pristine fabric. You can’t help yourself from walking down the “craft aisle” at the thrift store and scoring a vintage piece of fabric or upholstery. Those are always the best and most rewarding finds. People may laugh when they see piles of fabric in your tiny apartment, but who do they come to when then need something hemmed, patched, or sewn (or have you sew tons of custom curtains that you spent every weekend on for at least four weeks)? That’s right, they come to the fabric hoarder.

Luckily, I have come up with a way to hide it. Here is my super organization of all the fabric I buy for no apparent reason. First, allot yourself an amount of space. Be very firm about this. Fabric has a tendency to multiply itself at a very rapid rate.

Next, fold all of your fabric neatly. Organize it! I divided mine into categories: outdoor/sport/fur (haha), trimmings/linings/interfacing, and pretty shit. I then took my shoe shelf, which never gets used, and placed it in the little tiny craft corner and placed all the fabric on it.

Are you so impressed?