I have been wanting to spend some time making some changes to how and where I store my scraps. I recently had some incentive to finally get it done! I still use my color coded buckets right above my cutting table so as soon as a scrap is made, it is instantly sorted by color. I think it is the most crucial step for my scrap sanity. I may not need these any more with the changes I have made but for now, I will leave them there. What drove me to making these changes now, was I had the opportunity to buy some old wire gym locker baskets. I cleaned off a shelf unit which is right outside my sewing room. So no more walking down the hall to get to my scraps. I have a total of twelve and they are really convenient to grab when I need a color. I still have my old scrap bins down the hall but they now hold my larger chunks of scraps (smaller than a fat quarter) - all folded and standing on end. They used to be stored in large drawers with multiple colors in each drawer. But now each of these bins are a single color, I can easily grab a bin or a fabric and take it to my sewing room. Because they are on edge, all of the fabrics are visible. I use these fabrics when I don't have scraps that work in my wire baskets. I always work with the smallest scraps first. Then I moved the large drawers to under my cutting table. Before I made this change, I had multiple overflowing bins under this table. Now, I just have my low volume and a "Specialty" bin that I use to collect a certain type of scrap temporarily. Right now it is collecting Kaffe Fassett scraps. I am a bit embarrassed to share what is in these drawers. These are all bags of sorted various scraps just waiting to be made into a quilt. Some of them are certain collections - like Charlie Harper, Tula Pink or Parsons Gray. I also have bags of certain types of scraps - holiday, patriotic, vintage. There are even bags of orphan blocks in there. I would guess there are at least 25 bags in each bin and both drawers are stuffed full. That is over 50 quilts! Before these changes, these bags were overflowing their baskets. At least now they look tidy! Hmmm....Maybe I should start pulling a project out of these occasionally. Follow Me on Bloglovin' Follow me thru Email Follow me on Feedly Linking Up: Freemotion by the River (Linky Tuesday) Sew Fresh Quilts (Bee Social) My Quilt Infatuation (Needle & Thread) So Scrappy for RSC19