what do you do with your old quilts
10-31-2013, 04:15 PM
#22
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If you have a spare bedroom, you could have quilts on a bed, one layered on top of another...and if anyone wants to see your quilts, you could have a "bed-turning" and show them off by peeling back each layer.
10-31-2013, 05:34 PM
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I agree with Jackie. If you can't stack them out of the sunlight put them to use as decorations. I've never thought of rolling them and putting them in baskets, but that is on my to-do list! BTW: I've read that the special boxes loose their protection power [archival storage] after a certain time.........not sure how long they are good for, but I'm sure someone here knows. 
Display them. Nothing makes a home more cozy, especially in the winter, than quilts. Back of the couch, across a chair, folded and stacked on a shelf, hanging on a quilt rack free standing or hanging on the wall. Take smaller quilts, roll them and display in a large basket. They should be enjoyed.
10-31-2013, 08:34 PM
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Most of the quilts I make are given as gifts to family members or friends that I feel will love them and use them as much as I do. The few that I do keep are used when someone visits and wants to cover up or snuggle with one. I am not saving any for future generations as I am giving them to the present generation so I can see them used and enjoyed.
In the last few years, we have disbanded my Mother's and my Mother-in-law's homes. Both had way to many things they were saving for that special day and/or person, however, there were no labels or list to say who should receive them and no information to tell us who made the item or the history of several quilts, antique pieces of jewelry and furnitue. So, if you are going to save things for the next generation, please make a list of the items, state the person you want to receive it and provide a brief history of it. Otherwise, it may go to the wrong person, be put into a garage sale or donated to a local charity. Or, if it's something you do not use any longer and you just have it tucked away, get it out and gift it to the person now so you can see them enjoy it.
In the last few years, we have disbanded my Mother's and my Mother-in-law's homes. Both had way to many things they were saving for that special day and/or person, however, there were no labels or list to say who should receive them and no information to tell us who made the item or the history of several quilts, antique pieces of jewelry and furnitue. So, if you are going to save things for the next generation, please make a list of the items, state the person you want to receive it and provide a brief history of it. Otherwise, it may go to the wrong person, be put into a garage sale or donated to a local charity. Or, if it's something you do not use any longer and you just have it tucked away, get it out and gift it to the person now so you can see them enjoy it.
11-04-2013, 09:54 AM
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Here is what I do: I roll my quilt width wise and then make a long tube fabric bag that has enough extra fabric so the quilt can easily slip into the bag. I make a casing for the top and make fabric strips for tying the bag closed. I put these bags with the quilts on the top of a bunk bed. They are then placed on top of the bed flat with the end that is open to a side that I can look and see what quilt is in the bag. My goal is to make tags with the name of the quilt so I won't even have to look in the bag to see what quilt it is. I've used Christmas fabric to make bags for my Christmas quilts to help with wondering what is in this bag? If you like this idea I would really like to know! So far I don't think anyone else does this.
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