Thread: Best way to ship a queen size quilt?

Insure it and require a signature at receipt of it. Usps, Fed Ex, UPS, whatever.
Sandy

I found for heavier items that FedEx can be a better price...but I would box it, weigh it and then look on each website and see what the cost would be. If you go to a Mailing store or whatever they are called...it usually costs more. See if would fit in the large USPS box - but I doubt it. Fed ex and UPS are insured up to $500 I think in the price...USPS not.

i have used the large usps box flat rate to ship large quilts yes it gets squashed but I have done it over and over.

At our local Home Depot they have an assortment of 'moving boxes....that should work. And I agree, put the quilt in a plastic bag, to squish out air and to protect the quilt in case the box gets wet.....and put your name and address inside the box incase some thing happens to outside label.....Make darn sure it is insured and has tracking and a signature required. During the summer on this board remember a quilt was lost and she was heart broken for weeks.....Think of all the hours you have in the precious quilt, you want to protect it as much as possible.

Just another thought - i recently shipped several "couch" quilts - i bought a "Space Bag" big enough to hold them - packed them, sucked the air out - and shipped in a much smaller box. Didn't change the weight of course -- and the space bag protected them in the box (in case it got wet) - I ship everything FedEx ground --- and i ship a lot as all our family lives 1300 miles away....had too many problems with UPS over the years...don't use the Post Office either. A little more expensive, yes...but you can track it all the way.