Gees, are you sure you don't live in my house. The same thing happens to me, but the basement floor slants off in the opposite direction of where my stuff is, and I have everything on large home depot shelving units to keep it of the floor.

Sorry you had to wash the floor instead of quilting.

Here in Milwaukee, we are just waiting for the water to come in...75 degrees and pouring by this coming Wed. Having everything in tubs and elevated is the only thing that lets me sleep at night.