Protecting mailed quilts
 

This is not a tutorial, just a tip for mailing quilts. I mail out a lot of little quilts in some of the swaps here on the QB. Protecting the contents is important.

My old method was to fold the quilt up and jam into a zip lock bag, suck the air out and squash it into a mailer. Not the best way to treat a quilt. To put my latest quilt in a zip lock bag would have meant folding it several times and I really don't like doing that.

I made my own internal envelope that just fit inside the mailer and I only had to make one fold in the quilt for it to fit snugly and not shift around in the mailer.

My solution:

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Cut the paper big enough to fold over and just be inside the dimensions of the mailer. Press one edge together with a hot iron. I pressed about 1". Slide your quilt into the envelope and then seal the other two edges. It makes a perfect sized quilt protector and slid right into the outer mailer. The quilt is snug, and won't wiggle around.

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Hope other people can use this for all kinds of things.

I also write the to and from addresses on the freezer paper insert, just in case of a mailer fail.

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This is such a simple idea, yet effective - thanks for posting it. I can see it being useful for other uses besides quilts. And the idea to address the inner envelope is always a great idea.

Wow what a great idea! Thanks for sharing...

great tip thanks for sharing!!!

Great idea! Thanks for sharing! Will definitely use!

You are very inventive.

what a great idea, i'll have to try it. i do the zip loc thing too, as i know many of us use. thanks for a great idea!

Really good tip

Thanks for sharing your wonderful tip.

Thanks for the great idea! I'll try this soon! :)