I think you're describing partical board. Chipboard is cardboard

Good idea,
but i get the free cardboard bolts from Joanns and cut and use them. you just have to ask for them at the cutting counter..

Good morning to Plymouth, Michigan!!! Plymouth Mi. is my hometown, and always excited to see members from there. Hope your weather has not been too cold. Quilting is a great way to get through the long winters up there.

Good morning to Plymouth, Michigan!!! Plymouth Mi. is my hometown, and always excited to see members from there. Hope your weather has not been too cold. Quilting is a great way to get through the long winters up there.

another great use for chipboard!! i use it for so many things, and never thought of this....thanks for sharing!!!

Styrofoam board has no acid in it either. It costs me $1.00 a sheet at my Dollar Tree store for a 20"x30" and I cut it into 10 sheets measuring 10"x6" so $.10 ea. I have a wall full of beautiful fabric to look at now rather than boxes and boxes that I have to rummage through for just the right piece. I sort it into color ways and love the organization. Ann in TN

I agree with you 100% on this. How many of us really think that 50 to 100 years from now our quilts will be still with us or that we will even still be here. I made a quilt for my niece out of very expensive quilt store fabric and she used it so much five years later I had to make her a new one as there was not much left of the original one. The only thing I really watch as to how I store my fabric is it is out of the light so it does not fade. I use the heavy rubbermaid containers and I also have two old dressers filled with fabric. The one dresser is at least 70 years old .

I have that chipboard for my art stuff...it is NOT archival!
Sadly it will cause dry rot and bleaching of the fabric that is near it!

I fold using my ruler. I have a larger piece of matboard cut double the size of my ruler for my over five yard pieces--that way each large piece (when folded) is double of width and sits on my shelves nicely without taking so much vertical space. I use my smaller ruler to fold my half yard and under pieces and store them in one of the stackable plastic bins that have drawers. I just open the drawer and can see all them at once.

these are also not acid free and not meant for long time storage!