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sewmagic 10-22-2010 06:44 PM

I have a couple of quilter's stencils. What is the best way to store them without bending?
Right now i have them in a plastic bag.
Any suggestions???

kreinhart742 10-22-2010 06:46 PM

I have a nail or hook on the wall behind the door that I place mine on

AliKat 10-22-2010 06:53 PM

Wherever you can get to them and remember where they are ... as long as they remain flat.

Mine are in a chest that serves as a coffee table in my living room. That chest holds a lot of my sewing/quilting items and no one knows because it looks so neat.

ali

JAGSD 10-22-2010 06:57 PM

I have some on a sturdy pin hanging on the wall and then I have also bought some sticky holders that hang on the wall. I think as long as they lay or hang flat they should be oky dokay..

np3 10-22-2010 07:57 PM

I have mine flat in a storage tote.

raptureready 10-23-2010 01:39 AM

If nothing else, put them in the bottom of a drawer where they'll lay flat. I have mine hanging on a wall but some people don't like to do that.

ckcowl 10-23-2010 01:42 AM

i hang mine; have a regular wire clothes hanger i just put the (hook) through the top hole (for hanging) and hang them all together in my sewing room closet.

littlehud 10-23-2010 06:51 AM

I keep mine in my sewing desk. There is a drawer just for them.

aorlflood 10-23-2010 07:35 AM

I have 4 hooks on the side of a shelving unit...
I store them by "size"...

small square
large square
narrow border
wide border

StitchinJoy 10-23-2010 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by sewmagic
I have a couple of quilter's stencils. What is the best way to store them without bending?
Right now i have them in a plastic bag.
Any suggestions???

I have a really small workroom for my longarm. I store a lot of things vertically. Here are some pix of this 4 ft x 8 ft white trellis under the window in my workroom. Stencils, patterns, basket of rulers, and a clipboard with orders all hang on it on S-hooks.

judee0624 10-23-2010 05:24 PM

:-D I like that idea! Thanks!

judee

PMY in QCA-IL 10-23-2010 06:46 PM

Small stencils I keep in plastic sleeves in a notebook, larger ones I hang from a hook with shower curtain rings.

MamaBear61 10-25-2010 04:46 PM

Hello and welcome from Ontario.

AnnaK 10-25-2010 04:59 PM

I hang mine up in the sewing closet on the 'clip type' hangers that pants come with. Works great and the hangers are free!

sewmagic 10-26-2010 02:54 AM


Originally Posted by AnnaK
I hang mine up in the sewing closet on the 'clip type' hangers that pants come with. Works great and the hangers are free!

That's a good idea!


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