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Old 06-10-2015, 04:24 AM
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farmquilter
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Originally Posted by Sewnoma
I store a few under the bed in plastic zipper bags. They aren't space bags - no squeezing. I have a bunch of my grandma's wool quilts in there and a few of my own. I'd like to find a pair of nice big cedar chests for the foot of the bed but so far nothing even remotely affordable has come my way. My gran stored her wool quilts wrapped in sheets and put into cedar chests; I loved how they smelled when she'd first give them to me.
If you can find the right sized chest, buy a 4x8 sheet of cedar board, cut to fit the inside of the chest==cedar chest to store the quilts in. Do the same as your Gran did and all will be well.
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