Storage boxes
#22
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Iowa
Posts: 475
Please be very careful with the pizza boxes. I had a gf who ordered pizza one night and accidentally threw the wrong box out. All her quilt pcs. where in that box. I use my 40% coupon at Joann's when they have a sale and order from Connecting Threads with their sale on plastic totes.
#23
Originally Posted by Prism99
If you use cardboard boxes, remember that they are not good for long-term storage. The acid in wood products such as cardboard will damage fabrics over time. While the intent may be short-term storage, I have enough UFOs in my stash to know that some projects can get sidelined for years at a time....
I wonder if Uline has archival, acid free boxes...
well, they have these:
http://www.uline.com/Product/AdvSear...3&RefineLink=Y
It's pretty easy to find brand new blank pizza boxes online, but you have to order like 100 of them at a time...
#25
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Western Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by quiltilicious
could you line the cardboard with tissue paper or freezer paper or something?
Lining the boxes with fabric, such as inexpensive muslin, would probably be less expensive. Or they could probably be spray-coated with polyurethane.
I honesty don't think the acid is a problem if you are storing pieces for under a year. It's when the box gets forgotten for a few years (such as some of my UFOs!) that there is a potential issue with acid.
#26
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: East Oklahoma - pining for Massachusetts
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That is so neat. I love it when you get something that is all the same size. Jim works at a hospital, and has told me that he can something close to that, but I may have to wait a bit.
#27
I use envelope boxes from my office for pieces of quilts I've cut out. I can't place quilt blocks in them without folding, but they stack nicely and are free. My sister's office uses a lot more envelopes than we do, so she brings me more if needed. They are also very easy to label!
#28
I like to use the big plastic containers that they sell lettuce and spinach in these days. Clear, no cardboard/paper issues, holes for ventilation, stackable, FREE.
I like to put a "project" together (pattern + fabric) in one for when I have time to get back to it. Having these nice clear containers on the shelf helps me to remember to do so!
I like to put a "project" together (pattern + fabric) in one for when I have time to get back to it. Having these nice clear containers on the shelf helps me to remember to do so!
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