In the spirit of Terri’s Best Practices posts, I had to share this with you.
I use a lot of solids in the quilts I sell. Solids do not come with labels on the selvage edges, which can make similar shades VERY hard to tell apart, even when you have one of those color cards (got mine at Pink Chalk Fabrics).
Then the other day I was on the Robert Kaufman blog when I stumbled across a fabulous tip.
Here’s the tip: Use one of those archival pens to write the color name and/or number on the selvage edge. If you cut off that part of the fabric, just rewrite the name further down the edge on the piece that is left. So brilliant. SOoooooo brilliant.
So, I went through and labeled all the solids I had. Aren’t they pretty?
I’ll be labeling all my solid fabrics as soon as they come in the door from now on, so I don’t end up with all that chaos again!
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What a great idea – sometimes the simple ideas just don’t occur to us. I plan to write on my solids now.
I love that idea! Thanks for sharing!
I really love this idea! I am definitely going to start doing this, since I’m adding more and more solids to my stash these days. Don’t you just love the selection Kathy has a Pink Chalk? I love her Fast shipping too. Your photo looks so beautiful with the color names written on the selvages.
I saw that post too – and started doing the same thing. Simple, brilliant idea — I wish I had thought of it sooner
Fabulous idea. I’m going to start doing that too!
I have also seen people type the name out onto address labels. It works great. You just move it when you need to.