how many yards of fabric will fit in a 12x16x12 (small) moving box?

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05-28-2014, 05:09 AM

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gmapuggy

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Now please put my address on the box and send it to me

05-28-2014, 05:35 AM

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Snooze2978

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When I was packing up my fabrics I lined the box with a plastic bag just to be safe. My entire sewing room was going into the moving company's warehouse for storage for an unknown amount of time. Ended up being over 4 years by the time I sold the house, moved, found another house, remodeled it and then finally moved in. As I lived in Florida at that time and we have lots of bugs, I wanted to be sure the bugs didn't get inside my boxes during that time. Plus I realized the moving company didn't keep their word in putting my belongings in an A/C unit, though that's what I paid for. Most of my plastic totes that contained fabrics were damaged by the time I got them. I had put the fabrics in a plastic bag in these plastic totes too and am so glad I did. None of my fabrics were damaged but the totes were toast. I even noticed they had put my Viking Designer 1's packing box at the bottom of the pile in their moving van. Needless to say I had to make a comment to them about that. Machine was not damaged though as it still had the styrofoam inserts surrounding the machine. I keep all my machine boxes in the garage rafters just in case I have to send the machine somewhere for repair.

05-28-2014, 06:33 AM

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sparkys_mom

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I'm in trouble. I have a lot more fabric than I would have guessed.

05-28-2014, 07:02 AM

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linhawk

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ROTFL... what do I win if I guess it? haaaaa

05-28-2014, 12:46 PM

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JanieH

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Imagine how much you could get in the box if you used those bags that you suck the air out of!

But with my luck, about half-way to its destination the bags would all spontaneously develop a hole and fill with air, causing the box to explode with the released fabric! Can't you just picture it!?