Originally Posted by Hosta
also keep the quilt away from wood I was taught in restoration class that wood will deteriorate the fabric if you hang the quilt on a wooden shelf with a wooden dowel rod always put aluminum foil around the wooden dowel to protect the quilt from touching wood and don't store in a cedar chest the cedar also damages the fabric
I have to disagree with this. Are not quilt racks wood? And those beautiful glass front cabinets?
I have lots of quilts that were/are in cedar chests for over 70 years and no damage. The cedar chest is an antique also.