How many finished quilts do you have?
03-14-2011, 08:05 AM
#41
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I know this was said before but I feel it should be reemphasized that you should only store quilts in a cotton pillow case, wrapped in acid-free tissue paper. It really preserves them. So we should probably make a pillowcase along with the quilt. Ya think???
03-14-2011, 09:18 AM
#44
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Originally Posted by quilter1943
Store your quilts in cotton pillow cases if you don't have them out, but they will dry rot in plastic bags if they don't get air. Even then you need to get them out every 6 months or so and lay them out on a bed for a couple of days. Quilt museums store theirs laying flat in huge drawers. That would be the very best.
Originally Posted by #1piecemaker
I have so many quilts made that I have bought those plastic zippered bags to store them in. My closet is filling fast. I did sell one the other day. Hurray! But, I think I may need to get a bigger closet. I've gifted a few and donated one to raise money for a sick child. So, what do you do with all the quilts you make?
03-14-2011, 09:37 AM
#47
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I have about 6 or 7 mostly wall hanging types. I have lots of tops to finish and hopefully some will be mine. I have given away 5 to 10 a year for charity for the past 10 years. A few years back, I took two years to make bed size quilts for each member of our family (all 15). Now I am trying to make some bed quilts for my self.
03-14-2011, 10:45 AM
#48
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I have made way over 100...I'd have to get my books down
and count. I have probably 40 here at home,maybe more.
Three beds, and they always have a quilt on them, but I do
change them from time to time. Some accumulate because our
guild only has a quilt show every 3 years. I like to put them in a quilt show before I give them away. A few are
baby quilts, and I keep a few on hand so I don't have to stop in the middle of another project to do a couple. I
hand quilt, so I can't just whip them up real fast. Several
years ago I made seasonal quilts..one for each month of the
year so that wall hanging changes 12 times a year. Then I
have an enclosed front porch and I always have at least one
out there, sometimes more than one, and they are also changed out for the holiday or occasion. A few I made in
the 80's and I would find it hard to part with them right
now. Oh, yes, three displayed on an old ladder in my living-room, one my mother made, one my paternal grandmother
who died before I was born,and the 3rd was made by my
maternal great grandmother. I love having them out where
I can see those every day.
and count. I have probably 40 here at home,maybe more.
Three beds, and they always have a quilt on them, but I do
change them from time to time. Some accumulate because our
guild only has a quilt show every 3 years. I like to put them in a quilt show before I give them away. A few are
baby quilts, and I keep a few on hand so I don't have to stop in the middle of another project to do a couple. I
hand quilt, so I can't just whip them up real fast. Several
years ago I made seasonal quilts..one for each month of the
year so that wall hanging changes 12 times a year. Then I
have an enclosed front porch and I always have at least one
out there, sometimes more than one, and they are also changed out for the holiday or occasion. A few I made in
the 80's and I would find it hard to part with them right
now. Oh, yes, three displayed on an old ladder in my living-room, one my mother made, one my paternal grandmother
who died before I was born,and the 3rd was made by my
maternal great grandmother. I love having them out where
I can see those every day.
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