Originally Posted by PJL
Originally Posted by dar627742
istarted sorting out my stash ,too[must be catching !]then i remember reading about using cardboard not being a good idea. the cardboard i'm using is cut down from the bolts the fabric is wrapped on in the fabric shops,do you think this would be ok ? if not ,it figures that i'd actually get ambitious enough to do this,then find out i'll have to re-do it all HELP!!!
dar
I used fabric shop cardboard bolts and found if I kept the fabric on them too long, the fabric got white faded lines on the spots that went "around" the edges of the boards. Maybe the cardboard is treated with something that causes that, or maybe isn't treated with whatever is supposed to stop that from happening. I figure it doesn't happen in fabric stores because the fabric gets sold quick enough? Anyway, now I'm using boards I bought from polarnotions.com. that I saw advertised in a quilting magazine. Haven't had them long enough to say if anything goes wrong yet but they're nice boards and makes my quilting room look like a fabric shop. Easier to see the fabric choices I have.
I think the plastic bins I was using gave my fabrics a funny odor. Maybe the type I have are too airtight like someone else mentioned. Anyway the odor is hard to get rid of so I don't use those any more.
thanx for the info,i'll definately look for something else to use.
thanx again,dar