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Start a Usable Fabric Swatch Binder for Sewists in an Afternoon The fastest reliable system is 3-inch squares mounted on printed cardstock pages, kept in a 3-ring binder, and labeled with fiber content, width, yardage, and supplier. That setup lets you compare color under real light, test drape and stretch by hand, and reorder fabric in minutes instead of digging through bins. Everything below walks through the cutting method, the labeling fields to use, storage alternatives, and the mistakes that ruin a swatch collection before it’s a year old. TL;DR: Using larger 3-inch fabric swatches a …