MadQuilter

I keep mine in clear plastic project boxes and they hold up rather well. There is no need to handle them once they are sewn and put away.

DOTTYMO

Wrap in foil think you call it aluminium foil, the kind you use wrapping meat in. A friend does this for every project and her blocks are always beautifully pressed and no fraying.

GrammaSue

I'm working on a 2500 piece scrappy quilt and am having the same problem. Threads everywhere! But my pattern isn't blocks. At one point I have to make 16 strips of 64 1.5 inch squares so they are handled a lot. Cleaning up the threads before quilting will be a chore.

ManiacQuilter2

I also love these Iris paper scrapbook boxes especially when JAF has them on sale.

NJ Quilter

I've not made a quilt with THAT many pieces/blocks but do regularly make bed size quilts. I don't seem to have a problem with edges fraying. I think if your fabric/pieces are cut on-grain, you should have little trouble with this. Of course, trimming the HST's does make for a bit of a mess but once those are done/cleaned up I don't think you should have much of an issue.

Jan in VA

I don't much care for starch personally, so I sew a stay stitch around the block about 1/8" in from the edge. I especially do this for donated blocks for our guild's block of the month programs, community quilts programs, and for the raffle and president's quilts, because they will likely be handled often.

The stay stitch keeps the seams from opening and thereby having to be resewn by the annoyed person assembling the quilt.

Jan in VA

nanacc

I have zip loc bags of all sizes....snack, sandwich, pint, quart, gallon, 2 gallon, and 2.5 gallon. The gal and bigger have just the right size for blocks. The smaller ones are used for all my scrap cuts from 1" up, with sizes marked on each bag. These are placed in tote boxes of appropriate sizes. Very little handling required when they are needed.

Jeanette Frantz

More power to you, but as someone has already said (I'll chime in, too), I doubt I'll ever make a 6000 piece quilt! At the rate I've been going on my quilts, I doubt I'll live long enough to finish one! LOL!

Jeanette

bearisgray

I have found that when chain piecing units - if I "sew" about 1/4 inch of "air" between the units - and then leave about 1/8 inch of thread on each side of the unit - I have a lot less problem with seams coming apart on the ends of the units.

mckwilter

I use the sticky rollers to pick up loose threads. They are sold in the laundry products aisle.

"Cleaning up the threads before quilting will be a chore"