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How do you store your fabric?
I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that I buy up lots of fabric
for future projects. Trouble is, they will sometimes sit in the storage closet for a year or more. Then when I go to use them, they are creased in the folds, sometimes impossible to remove. Especially linens. I've thought about hanging them over closet rods but it seems they would still crease over the rod and wrinkle in the drape of the fabric over time. And also the weight of hanging several fabrics, one on top of the other. My latest thought is to press them and roll them, but have a hunch they will just flatten out over time and then have more creases than before. Right now I have them rolled and stored standing upright in a large plastic bag with a dust cover over the top. But I know sooner or later they will just crumble down. I'm thinking the best way is to roll them over long tubes like wrapping paper comes on, but covering the cardboard to prevent staining of the fabric, and storing them flat, but where??? Under the bed seems like a good place, if I can get the dust bunnies out of there first. So my question is what do you do to store fabrics so they don't collect wrinkles and creases? And do you label the fabrics as to fabric content and stitch count? How? Pins? Appreciate your help! Kathy T. |
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Hi Kathy,
I store old, embroidered table linens on cardboard tubes, and they are fine. The rolls are covered with plain cotton (calico) covers but staining has not been a problem. Mind you the rolls are quite old, as my Mum covered them decades ago, so I suppose they were acid-free to begin with. I have a plastic "box" thingy, supposed to be for storing blankets under the bed, which I keep the rolls in. I have lined it with acid-free tissue paper to be on the safe side. I attach labels to inside of the tubes when necessary to identify the linens. Perhaps you could get some used tubes from your local dressmaking or curtain fabric shop, they are much longer than the rolls used for kitchen wraps and cover with some batting and white cotton. I find that rolling my pressed table linens around my tubes does not leave any creases, even when stored for a year or so. Best of luck, Annette from NZ On Mar 2, 9:23 am, "Silly rabbit" wrote: I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that I buy up lots of fabric for future projects. Trouble is, they will sometimes sit in the storage closet for a year or more. Then when I go to use them, they are creased in the folds,.... And do you label the fabrics as to fabric content and stitch count? How? Pins? Appreciate your help! Kathy T. |
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How do you store your fabric?
Thanks for the information. I'll stop in at one of the fabric stores
to see if they have some of those tubes left over. Not sure where I can get acid-free tissue, maybe at Michael's Crafts? Kathy P.S. Sorry if you see another post from me with the same request. I thought the first did not go thru under a different email. |
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How do you store your fabric?
On Mar 2, 4:20*pm, Kathy wrote:
Thanks for the information. *I'll stop in at one of the fabric stores to see if they have some of those tubes left over. *Not sure where I can get acid-free tissue, maybe at Michael's Crafts? Kathy P.S. Sorry if you see another post from me with the same request. *I thought the first did not go thru under a different email. Those places that store wedding dresses (a dry cleaner?) would have acid-free tissue. Also, as far as hanging your fabric- use or make your own padded hangers. This should prevent creases if the padding is thick enough. Or perhaps a skirthanger with clips? The clip itself may indent the fabric, but that should be on the edge which would either be trimmed away or not visible when the finished stitching is mounted. Good luck! MM |
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How do you store your fabric?
I use a stainless-steel pin to attach the receipt or a note to the fabric. One closet and part of the laundry room is filled with pieces of cloth clothespinned to wire hangers. (The laundry room is for fabrics that would touch the floor in the closet.) Several shelves are filled with stacks of folded fabric. The unbleached muslin, pink cotton-linen blend, and agricultural burlap are still on the cardboard rolls they came on. The note pinned to the muslin says how much it shrinks when washed; I haven't used any of the pink, and I don't pre-wash the burlap. I washed the thirty yards of plaid cotton-linen and put it back on the roll it came on. (There is nowhere near thirty yards left.) It is far from easy to roll thirty yards of fabric without pressing in wrinkles. My antique linen napkins are also on a cardboard roll, with many layers of well-washed old sheet to prevent cardboard rot. It is also wrapped in old sheet, and lies on an open shelf. Scraps and small pieces are in a wild assortment of old suit boxes, stacked on the top shelf. I wanted to buy a matched set of new boxes once, but suits aren't mailed after alterations any mo the nearest thing to a suit box U-Line had was an oversized pizza box, and a square box will suit neither the scraps nor the shelf. Some odd bits of coarse hand-made lace are in an underbed chest. May be some embroidery in there, too. Joy Beeson -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ -- sewing http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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How do you store your fabric?
On Mar 1, 12:23 pm, "Silly rabbit" wrote:
I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that I buy up lots of fabric for future projects. Trouble is, they will sometimes sit in the storage closet for a year or more. Then when I go to use them, they are creased in the folds, sometimes impossible to remove. Especially linens. I've thought about hanging them over closet rods but it seems they would still crease over the rod and wrinkle in the drape of the fabric over time. And also the weight of hanging several fabrics, one on top of the other. My latest thought is to press them and roll them, but have a hunch they will just flatten out over time and then have more creases than before. Right now I have them rolled and stored standing upright in a large plastic bag with a dust cover over the top. But I know sooner or later they will just crumble down. I'm thinking the best way is to roll them over long tubes like wrapping paper comes on, but covering the cardboard to prevent staining of the fabric, and storing them flat, but where??? Under the bed seems like a good place, if I can get the dust bunnies out of there first. So my question is what do you do to store fabrics so they don't collect wrinkles and creases? And do you label the fabrics as to fabric content and stitch count? How? Pins? Appreciate your help! Kathy T. Hi Kathy, I bought one of the quilt tacking guns that shoot the little plastic ties thru the fabric. I make tags on my computer to include all info about that piece of fabric (including if it was purchased for a special project) and I serge the edges. I then hang them on skirt hangers ( you can store TONS of fabric on one hanger) place in garment bags and hang in the closet. When looking for a piece, it is very easy to just unzip the bag and flip thru the corners of the fabric, where the tags are. I have had absolutely no problems with this method and like the fact that I can store huge amounts of fabric in such small space. just me, Cathy from KY in CA |
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Thanks to everyone. Some great ideas. Who knew that all those old skirt hangers (and pants hangers too) would come in handy some day! I did look for my old clothespins and have decided I need new ones --- they're pretty moldy/dirty looking --- can't remember the last time I used a clothespin.... Probably the Dollar Store has them. Kathy in MIchigan |
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On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 07:25:45 -0800 (PST), Cathy from KY in CA
wrote: ( you can store TONS of fabric on one hanger) Not *tons*, but significantly more weight than you can get onto a hanger in the form of garments. My "ironing valet" collapsed, and my clothing and fabric arrived at my new home jumbled together at the bottom of the "wardrobe box" the movers had hung it in. After I got bopped on the head a few times, DH put braces under the shower-curtain rod spanning the laundry room, but the closet rod appears to be sufficiently over-engineered. The builder meant my sewing room to be a child's bedroom, and probably allowed for tots swinging on the closet rod. Joy Beeson -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ -- sewing http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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How do you store your fabric?
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I now have some
tissue, clothespins, skirt and pants hangers and am ready to store my fabrics. Just have to find a cheap garment bag or other suitable cover for it all. I suppose even a plastic garbage bag would do by cutting a hole in the bottom and hanging it over the hanger. There would be air circulation from the bottom while providing dust cover. Had a brainstorm to also make use of my old folding, accordion style clothes dryer -- the kind that is about 4 foot tall and 3 foot wide that has rods at several levels. The rods are covered in a white plastic material so I would think that would not stain fabrics. The rods are probably fine for clothespinning the fabric, but too narrow to just hang the fabric over them without putting creases in it. Kathy in Michigan |
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How do you store your fabric?
On 3/5/08 4:39 PM, "Silly rabbit" wrote:
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I now have some tissue, clothespins, skirt and pants hangers and am ready to store my fabrics. Just have to find a cheap garment bag or other suitable cover for it all. I suppose even a plastic garbage bag would do by cutting a hole in the bottom and hanging it over the hanger. There would be air circulation from the bottom while providing dust cover. Had a brainstorm to also make use of my old folding, accordion style clothes dryer -- the kind that is about 4 foot tall and 3 foot wide that has rods at several levels. The rods are covered in a white plastic material so I would think that would not stain fabrics. The rods are probably fine for clothespinning the fabric, but too narrow to just hang the fabric over them without putting creases in it. Kathy in Michigan Just a quick thought - how about an old sheet as a dust cover for the hanging fabrics? I wouldn't use a plastic bag - even with a hole. I actually have some organdy covers that slip over a hanger and cover things like tablecloths, or fabric. They originally were given to me by my then little nieces - to cover my good silk sarees that were on hangars (folded over the bar like on a pants hangar). The girls bought pretty stiff, sheer, organdy, and sewed essentially a slip-cover with an opening for the hangar hook -it's about 3' long, and a bit wider than the hangars, and they colored on them with fabric markers, trimmed the seams with lace. I'm sure it only took a few minutes to make, but they've come in very handy over the years (even though I've not been married to their uncle for some time now, and almost never wear a saree). However, it seemed something like that would work as a dust cover for your fabrics. Have fun, whatever you do. ellice |
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