annthreecats

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OKLAHOMA PEACH

I will be moving Aug 22, hope and pray it rains. hopefully it will rain way before. I bought some tubs, and they are to heavy to move, in process of reworking all my packing.

Charlee

I manage a storage facility with a Uhaul dealership.

Packing tips? Try to use uniformly sized boxes. Use SMALL boxes, not mediums. Fabric is heavy, and someone has to lift those boxes once they're packed. Someone else suggested using fabric to pack around breakables. Good idea.
I ALWAYS recommend when you rent a Uhaul that you get the Save Move damage waiver (insurance)!! Considering that Uhaul thinks those trucks/trailers are made of gold under that orange and white paint, and that they don't deal with private insurance companies, most of which do NOT cover Uhauls anyway, you get to pay out of your own pocket for any new damage, regardless of fault. Then you get to deal with your insurance company to try to recoup all or part of your money...it can take months!

If your fabric is going to be in a storage unit, put out the money and buy some Decon (mouse poison) and spray the unit before you load it with bug spray. Most storage places try to control pests, but we try to control them in our homes as well, and don't always succeed....nothing worse than opening a box of fabric (or anything else) and finding a mouse nest, or holes in stuff!!

quiltsRfun

Most of mine is in totes so it's already packed. :)

Glassquilt

Keep the containers light enough to move. I can move one heavy box and I'm done for the day but I can move many lightweight boxes. She'll have enough to do without throwing her back out.

jeaninmaine

I am in the process of moving. I used clear trash bags for my fabric because I want to refold it into those neat all one size pieces that someone did a tutorial for a while back and this will make me do it as I put it on the shelves.

I bought a lot of the Uhaul boxes figuring they'd know how to make a packing box. I won't discuss my opinion of the quality of those boxes. You're better off with a sturdier box especially if you're packing anything that has any weight to it. Or that you care about, especially if someone else is going to be tossing those boxes around.

Be careful packing books, they are HEAVY. I filled a small box (about 9x12x12) with books and tried to take it downstairs but ended up having to wait and have DH do it.

A really nice box to pack things is the kind that printer paper comes in. They're strong, they stack great and are almost indestructible. You can pack folded fabric in them really well. Kinko's has them and can sometimes save some for you, or Staple's.

PABerard

Tell her it is just too much trouble and to leave it with you...?

QuiltswithConvicts

I used 150 of these 9 years ago to move my stash & other quilty stuff. They are great as they have built-in handles for lifting & because they are all the same size, makes loading a truck so much easier. I did sort fabric by color & type: reds/blues/greens & solids/small prints/holiday, etc.

collady

I would put the fabric in plastic bags before boxing. If it will be in storage or have a long time in transit, it is important to protect it well. I received fabric I had ordered on line and it was wrapped in cling plastic wrap. It protected it, because it sat on my front porch for a couple of days while I was away and the package got rained on. The mailing envelope was soaked, but the fabric was safe and dry!

Sandra-P

Using the plastic bins inside cardboard boxes seemed best to me. Also as someone else said, smaller boxes are best as they do get heavy. Also mark on the outside what type of fabric, color, etc is in them so you can have an easier time unpacking and knowing what goes where.