Acrylic Boxes for Fabric Storage and Organization
When we moved to Pennsylvania in 2020 we bought a house with a little office. My husband (even though he was working from home) offered to set up his office in our Master Bedroom, and the little office became my sewing room. We made the trip to Ikea to pick up two of these Hemnes Glass-door cabinets with three drawers. One has all my precuts—which soon fell into disarray! Enter acrylic boxes for fabric storage and organization.
Acrylic Boxes for Organization
I had so many fat quarters piled into my space that I could rarely find what I was looking for, or even more often, just didn’t use them at all because I didn’t want to make the mess any worse than it already was. Then, I saw these perfect fabric boxes on Heather at Quilt Story’s Instagram. I promptly headed to target and picked up twenty of these boxes and got to work folding my fabric into them.
Where To Find Them
I just love how perfectly they fit the fat quarters and that I could see every single one without having to dig through piles or rearrange. The boxes in my photos are from Target, my local store had plenty in stock. These are the small ones I purchased. However, it doesn’t look like they’re shipping right now, but here are some similar ones from Amazon too. The Brightroom Boxes in my photos are 4″ high x 6″ wide x 12″ long. You can watch a video of how I fold them here.
Looking for the larger boxes at the top of my cabinets, you can get those from Target here. They measure 6.5″ high x 9″ wide x 12″ long. I found some similar on Amazon, but they’re 13.5″ deep, so make sure to measure your shelves. You can grab them here.
Benefits of Acrylic Boxes for Fabric Storage
- Transparency – See what you have and use your stash more effectively! Also, they’re so pretty to look at!
- Stackability – Store your fabric stacked but still easily access what you have on the bottom.
- Durability – These boxes are sturdy and will hopefully last a long time.
- Protection – See what you have without having to sort through your fabric too much – I’ve found that some of my older fabrics have a lot of fraying on the edges and this will hopefully help them last longer.
All stored and organized in Acrylic Boxes
In all, I’m so glad I invited my time and effort into this last step of using acrylic boxes for storing and organizing fabric. Now, hopefully it will lead to better usage of what I have. I do love it and it makes me happy to see it in projects.
I have a few more storage and organization methods that I’m looking forward to sharing with you! Even though I often show pictures of my messy sewing room. I really do love organizing too, having everything find its home is the best! Plus, then I spend less time cleaning. Do you have a favorite organizing tip to share with me?
I have a deep closet storage system and found wire open dvd storage containers that fit perfectly. I got them at Target years ago.
This is a great idea for deeper shelves! Anything that can be stored and then look through is the best!
I love the way the fabric looks in the acrylic boxes. I, too, have been struggling (like every other person that sews) with fabric storage. Question: Do you use the 6” ruler folding system to fold your fabric for storing in the boxes? I recently learned about how to do that and really like it, however, once the fabric is folded, it is slightly wider than 6”. So how do you fold the fabric to be exact every time, to fit the acrylic boxes? Thank you for your great information.
I just bought some of the boxes, but am wondering the folding method for the fat quarters so you can stack the boxes.
Never mind. I figured it out. OMG, I just saw the link for your folding video! Did see it before.
Refolding FQ’s as I type – the acrylic boxes are FANTASTIC! Should I send a picture to show you the difference?
Where did you get the white cabinet that the acrylic boxes fit in.
Hello Diane,
The cabinets are from Ikea! Here’s the link:https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/hemnes-glass-door-cabinet-with-3-drawers-white-stain-50371772/.
This is the best fabric storage system I’ve seen!! I like that it’s behind glass doors and in the acrylic boxes all the colors show but can’t get dusty!! I have a question before I invest…the cabinet says it’s 11 1/4” deep and the boxes say 12”. It looks by your picture like everything fits perfectly and the doors close. Is it a tight fit with the boxes from Target? Maybe the measurements are a little off on the store websites??
I have the same question. Did you figure out what size the shelf’s are?
Two questions
If you have cut up a FQ but still say, have half of it. So you fold it and put it back in the box or does it go somewhere else? I have these boxes and this is my delimma. What to do with fabric when its less than a FQ and smaller.
Do you have fabric of all the same line in one box?
Thank you……………….Sue