I carry little swatches of my current projects in my wallet now. Too many times I had a chance to visit a fabric store unexpectedly and didn’t have my fabric for zipper or button matching. Even shopping for clothes to match whatever I’m making.
I now even hang on to swatches from completed projects. To find shoes or, in the case of the home dec fabric, matching other home dec purchases.
Do you do this? Or just plan your shopping trips better than I do?
What I’m listening to: Canadian Girl by The Walkmen
Falling Through Your Clothes 
I usually only carry swatches if I am on a mission to find matching buttons or zippers, but it’s not a bad idea.
Yeah I started after I had to blindly pick out zippers and thread.
Thanks for the comment!
Very smart! They also have these “swatch buddies” you can buy which are plastic squares u attach a fabric swatch to and then they all attach together, sorta like paint swatch chips. I have it “pinned” to my “Wish List” Pinterest board if u r interested as I can’t recall the company who makes it.
If I’m looking for thread or notions then yep, there’s swatches in there!