What is a Piggy Pile and Why Do I Care?

For my first post, I ought to explain what a piggy pile is.  It's a pile of stuff!  And whenever I have one, I feel so much better after it's all straightened out and put away.

Let me walk you through an example from my sewing room, which I seem to rearrange an awful lot.  I love rearranging.

 

I wasn't happy with the storage situation for my fabric.  I was using a variety of baskets, stashed on various shelving units.  

 

 To begin any great project, one must start with a piggy pile.  

For my new plan, I bought two sets of wooden cubbyholes, orginally meant for shoes.  They're a little deep for fabric, but I liked the height and width of each cubbyhole - approximately 4 1/2 by 6 inches - which is just right for fat quarters.  Sorry for the photograph that makes them look bowed in the middle.  I'm just a beginner photographer.

 Here is the finished product.  This worked fine for awhile, until I found myself buying more fabric.  The new fabric wound up in assorted baskets, and I feel the start of another piggy pile...

The drawstring bag on the right is something I use for toting quilts and projects to show-and-tell.  The chevron fabric is from The Sewcial Lounge and the circle fabric on the pocket is from Mill House Quilts.