How to Fold Large Pieces of Fabric! 

So glad I found your video, super helpful. Thank you.

Working toward becomming a newbie quilter at 63! I found this video extremely helpful, thank you so much.

Love this method! Have been using this method from the first day I saw your video on folding fabric. It’s saved me many headaches. Thank you!

Thanks for this demo. I always like Q & A sessions so keep them coming. I am. Growing up as a garment seamstress, I am a pre-washer and to consider not washing goes across my grain (pardon the pun). Anyway, along with that, I'm a stickler for having the fabric grainlines straight and square or "true" (this coming from garment sewing as well). Most fabric gets warped as it is wound onto the bolts. This twists the grain out of true. So I do a "diagonal tug" process after washing and drying, with help from another person, to bring the grainlines back into alignment before folding and putting into storage. Now, most quilters will dismiss this as an OCD issue in my psyche. I am trying to loosen up a bit when it comes to cutting the pieces for patchwork because those elements are so small, being off-grain won't be noticeable once everything is pieced and smashed down with quilting. However, I will stick to my conviction that it DOES matter for the larger pieces of fabric used in borders and backings, especially if the quilting is being done on a DSM. I think the stretching and anchoring necessary to mount the quilt sandwich on a longarm frame may mitigate the warping on those larger pieces of fabric. Here's my bonus ... if I should decide to make a garment with any of my fabric stash I can pull it out of storage knowing that any shrinkage or bleeding dye has been taken care of in the washing and drying AND the grainline is straight and true so the garment will fit and drape properly.

Thank you so much, Nancy, for this video - really clear instructions: fold, roll, fold, roll, fold, roll, SWEEP, repeat fold and roll LOL 😂 Love your videos and sense of humour....

I used to but 12 yards at a time for costumes. I wish I hard seen your method sooner. But now I can reroll my stash. Great video.

If you are insecure about the "rolling" part, if you use a long, 24" ruler, you can roll around the ruler and all your fabric will be the same size. It stands/stacks really nicely, too.

Another excellent piece of information, thank you Nancy. Regards, Alison

Your "little" tip is a "great" help. You have a great way of teaching. Thank you from an older new quilter. :-)

Thanks for the great and clear tutorial with some helpful tips too! : D

I love this! Always learning something new and better from you! How do you fold and store your extra wide backing fabric? Thank you Nancy and your hardworking team!

I use cardboard flaps cut from boxes as bolts. It helps to store my fabric on my shelves.

Thanks. I've always sewed clothes and no problem with this. You bought what you needed and cut. Learning to quilt and buying large quantities and trying to cut--pain. This helped a lot.

I shall have to try this "fold, roll, and sweep under the rug" technique! Ha!

I watched your previous video on how to fold large pieces of fabric and it works and it has been so very useful when dealing with large cuts of background fabric or just large cuts for my stash. Thank you!!

I do it that way, but I use a 10.5" quilting ruler, and slide out the ruler when the folding is finished. My fabric fits nicely in my ClosetMaid Cubeicals.

Thank you! I've been trying to gain control of my stash, getting my fabric folded/rolled into uniform sizes, and thought I wasn't doing it correctly because there were places where I "swept it under the rug", and now I know that it's a thing! If it's okay for you, Nancy, it's okay for me. Great tutorial.

Thank you Mam.Nice explanation.Helps me lot.

Thanks for that tip; yes, I've gotten the "bubble" before and thought I should start all over again - what a pain. So I'll remember your advice here the next time this happens.

oh thank you! I tend to do.... 'start folding it nice whilst holding it up, panic because it's way too much fabric and proceed to just roll my hands over and over until a massive ball forms' this makes it tidy and gives the perfect cutting edge next time you want to use it. Thank you !!!!

Great tip, thank you.

Thanks. Great tips.

Great tutorial. Thanks again💕

Well, I've been doing it wrong even though I saw the previous video. I'll rationalize it this way: I like to save the selvedges so I hang that edge out and keep the manufacturers crease tucked in. Then, before I cut what I need from the roll, I start a cut of the selvedge, leaving it connected on a bigger piece of fabric, and simply tuck it into the roll. From there I'm free to cut whatever strips I need. The downside is that I need to make sure those selvedges are matched up, which means the manufacturers crease must often be corrected via pressing. All in all, I'll take that tradeoff.

Hi Nancy! Some crazy red-head directed me to your channel! I LOVE it! I have much to learn as a "newbie" to quilting. Thanks for your channel and videos! ☺

Thank you so much it was very helpful 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Great tips but I also ordered cardboard comic book sheets from Amazon and use those to fold material over. 🙂

Loved that because mine is a mess

What size pieces of fabric do you buy? how do you decide how much to buy?