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Seamwork Radio: Sewing and Creativity

5 Steps to Organize Your Stash (So You Use it!)

Seamwork Radio: Sewing and Creativity

Colette Media

Sewing, Dressmaking, Crafts, Sew, Hobbies, Fashion, Craft, Making, Arts, Knitting, Clothing, Fashion & Beauty, Leisure, Sustainability, Hobby, Wardrobe, Creativity

4.9763 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sarai and Haley share a 5-step process for organizing your fabric stash so that you get the most out of it. If you feel like you’re spending way more on fabric than you need to, and that you’re buying more than you can possibly sew, learn how a few simple tweaks to the way you organize can save you money and help you reduce waste.

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0:00.0

I'm Sari and I'm Haley and this is Seamwork Radio.

0:10.7

Welcome back to Seamwork Radio where we share practical ideas for building a creative process

0:15.1

so you can sew with intention and joy. Today we're talking about how to organize your fabric stash so that you actually

0:22.4

sew from it more often. We're going to cover five easy steps you can follow that will make

0:27.5

your stash easy to shop and renew your love for the fabric you already have. So, Haley, what's your

0:35.1

luckiest fabric find? Sorry, this is such a hard question.

0:40.1

I've actually been on a little bit of a fabric buying fast in the last year.

0:45.3

The last time I bought fabric was like nine months ago.

0:49.2

That's great.

0:49.9

I know.

0:50.4

It is great.

0:51.0

Good for me, right?

0:52.2

But the last fabric that I bought was a remnant, and it was from Bolt, which is a store here in Portland. They have an online shop, so go check them out. They're wonderful. But something I love about them is that their remnants are all like two yards or more. So it's always enough to make something out of.

1:11.9

And I got this French terry.

1:14.1

And I'm not a purple person, not a huge fan of purple.

1:17.6

But it's this like a really pretty purple French terry.

1:22.1

And it was a steel.

1:23.7

I don't remember exactly how much it was, but it was like 10 bucks or something. Yeah. And I've been

1:29.0

really excited to make myself like a really cute like quarter zip sweater, um, sweatshirt out of it.

1:35.2

And that just felt like a really lucky find to find something that was such high quality for such a

1:40.2

deal. So I was, I was stoked about that. That's really cool. It's always so great to find something

1:46.0

that's so practical and usable like that, and especially in a larger piece. I love that they have

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