Shipping your quilt
#1
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 721
Shipping your quilt
What company/service do you use to send your quilts? I have finished a quilt for a former neighbor and need to send it to North Carolina. It's been many years since I sent a quilt out of state. What is your preferred service or company? And how do you pack the quilt - plastic bag inside a box? Double box? I need some help folks!
#2
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Maryland
Posts: 69
I use UPS, like that I can track online. I know you can track with postal service but have had trouble with them in the past. I started using a plastic bag for the quilt after a box I sent to my long arm quilter got wet. Didn’t damage quilt top but good lesson.
I also include a copy of the shipping information.
I also include a copy of the shipping information.
#6
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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There was a topic on QB here a year or so ago about this, and at best one could get the value of the fabrics used in that particular instance.
ETA - here's the topic Why Should I Get My Quilt Appraised? - Quiltingboard Forums
Last edited by mkc; 06-27-2024 at 01:53 PM.
#8
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Happy Valley,Or
Posts: 79
Shipping your quilt
When I have shipped a quilt, I used a zipper plastic bag that my queen sheets came in. I then placed that inside the card board box provided by UPS. The quilt arrived just fine to where it needed to be.
#9
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Davenport, Iowa
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I use large plastic bags and a really sturdy box and always put the "to" and "from" information inside the box incase it gets damaged in transit. I use to ship USPS until I learned that UPS was cheaper and faster for me.
#10
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Carroll, Iowa
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I find my regular USPS office does as good a job as anyone and from the last one I sent which was a couple years ago cheaper. I place mine into a plastic bag as most of mine have gone to Florida and you never know if the package will get dropped into a flood zone so want it to be safe. So far they haven't lost any of mine and I've sent at least close to a dozen down to Florida as gifts.