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Old 03-16-2013, 09:23 AM
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J.M.
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Default Storing starched quilt tops?

I'm going to be starting with the Quilters Academy books by Harriet Hargrave to learn machine piecing and quilting - I've been doing everything by hand so far. But the method in the first book (and probably also the others) are to make the center of the top, then do all the borders in one of the last chapters, and only then start quilting them all. This means I'll be storing the tops until I've worked my way through the book - which will take me a year or more, probably more. Since the fabrics will be starched, I'm worried about storing the tops for so long. How can I best store them without damage by possible bugs attracted by the starch - and whatever else I have to worry about?
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