How to store quilts
 

I have many quilts, mostly queen size, and no pace to store them. I did purchase two small quilt cabinets but they hold three at most and I have to take them out every so often to 're-fold them. I only have one guest bed and each time I lay them on top someone comes to stay. I thought of putting them under the bed but I would still need to fold some. Help

I picked up a cardboard carpet roll from a furniture store. They gave it to me free but I did need the truck to bring it home. I wrapped a sheet around it first and then rolled several quilts around it. I then used another sheet rolled around the outside and secured each end with an elastic band kind of like a giant tootsie roll. It stands up in the corner of my spare room closet. Here is a picture and I will now put it back in the closet.:D[ATTACH=CONFIG]560544[/ATTACH]

I have one hanging over the banister at the top of the stairs. I change it out every few months. There are three that I rotate out. Yes, I do have to fold and unfold, but it's only once every 3 - 6 months. I need to get one hung on the wall in the spare bedroom and that would eliminate one.

Could you layer them on the bed in the guest room....one on top of the other? That way they wouldn't have to be folded & you could just scoop them all up at once when someone came to stay overnight.

I do the same as Tartan. Except if you don't have a roll, a pool noodle with a strong rod (slightly longer) in the middle of it works well. Look at the space above your closet. It's maybe a foot high above the top frame. If you put a curtain rod holder or large hook on each side, you can just set the ends of the rod into it on the INSIDE of your closet. It's a great unused space for quilt hanging.

I put mine in a large vacuum bag. Is this bad for the quilt?

I think a vacuum bag is fine for short term storage such as for travel, but quilts need to breathe. Plastic doesn't allow for air circulation.

This summer we transported 75 fleece blankets in the car on a 2 day trip. They were prepped for my mom to make for Project Linus. With everything else we were taking, I don't think we could have gotten that fleece in the car without those "space saver" vacuum bags.

I recently read about folding quilts on the diagonal, so you're not repeating the same folding lines each time. This is what I do now.

Good idea!

storing quilts
 

I store my quilts in muslin pillowcases (large ones) that I made for this for this purpose. I do not fold them. I heard on a quilting tv show to never fold quilts. They should be bunched all up and put into the pillowcases. That way they never have fold marks. You should still take them out maybe once a year and re-bunch them. Depending on the size of quilts I can sometimes get 2 or 3 in a pillow case. This is so much easier than folding. I store all the filled pillowcases on a shelf in my closet.

Tartan, that is a really good idea.
However you might want to consider some other way to secure the whole thing rather than using a rubber band. Maybe velcro? I used rubber bands to secure some of my longarm patterns and they eventually dried up and ended up sticking to the paper pattern. I now use "Hugo's amazing tape" from Superior Threads which sticks to itself to secure my patterns although I don't know if it would work for your large roll. Just a thought.

A friend of mine whose husband is a carpenter. He has a thriving business of making quilt boxes, ladders, ect. They are just beautiful!
They are your choice of type of wood and style. Mine is Oak,l and has glass panels in the sides and ends.
That was birthday and Christmas about 5 yrs ago., but it was well worth it!
Mariah

I also use pillow cases to store my quilts but I love the idea of bunching them all up before I put them into the case. Thanks for the tip.

Have you considered storing them between the mattress and box springs? Someone told me their Mom did that for storing the quilts in the summer.

bkay

My cousin and neighbor both have lots of quilts of various ages. They lay them on top of their beds in the guest room and couple dry racks. When they have guests, the guests can decide which one to sleep under. The others are placed across a chair or draped or folded. Saw a photo of my cousins guest room and she had 35 quilts in that bedroom very well placed. She lives in Florida.

Someone I know purchased a gun cabinet with a glass door. It is tall and holds a number of quilts folded and stacked on top of one another.

Dang, wish I had seen this a couple of months ago. Local thrift store had 3!! Can't store guns in them without them being stolen!

Here is what I do and it works for me. I roll my quilt width wise, then measure the length of the quilt. I make a long tube type bag with an opening. I measure the width to give me plenty of room to fit the quilt in the bag. I label each bag so I know what's in the bag. Then it goes on top of a bunk bed which is not used very often at all!

I make a string to fit the bag opening out of selvages I've cut from fabric. I double the selvages and sew with my serger. Then I string the selvage through the opening of the bag and tie a bow. Is that clear as mud?

Cut pieces of selvages would work great too. I use them to tie my pantogram patterns and any other little thing that needs to be kept from flying away.