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Old 07-09-2012, 08:43 AM
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mcwillia
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Default How do you fold your quilts?

After a show & tell at a sewing guild picnic, I offered to help a member fold her queen-sized quilts and started to fold one like I would a top sheet for a bed. I was informed in no uncertain terms that no real quilter folds a quilt like that. According to the member, all quilts MUST be folded on the bias for storage to prevent fabric strain. She ended up with a rather lumpy looking mess that she stuffed into a plastic bag.

I've made 100's of quilts and have always folded in "straight" lines. Display racks won't accommodate bias folded quilts. Seems to me that the plastic bag if used for long term storage could be more damaging than straight folds.
How many of you fold on the bias?
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