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Saturday, March 28, 2015

Studio Four :: Storing Quilts

By now, there's a theme here . . . baby steps in improving the look and usability of my studio space. Over the last few months, I have:
  1. sewn a fresh, new ironing board cover
  2. created a design wall, and
  3. organized my mailing supplies
Like all of the above, today's project had been on my mind for a while, and in reality didn't take long at all, but made a huge difference, at least to me.
So up until now, if I'd finished a quilt that hadn't been gifted or otherwise sent on to a new home, either it got hung or put to use somewhere in the house. Believe me, there are quilts on every bed, a quilt ladder in the living room, stacks of quilts on shelves as display, and quilts hanging in several rooms in the house. The quilts up on the shelf are mostly my show quilts that have returned home,  plus a couple I just hadn't decided what to do with, all thrown haphazardly up on the closet shelf. I know. Not good. 
So today, I took them all down, and got to work. Basically I found another home for the shelved items that were not sewing-related, which vacated a nice long spot on that shelf where said quilts could be rolled and stored more appropriately.
See how simple that was? SO much better!

Now to straighten up that stash . . .
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9 comments:

  1. KatherineMarch 28, 2015 at 1:34 PM

    Oh, how pretty they look rolled up! Thanks for the gentle reminder... I need to do this with some of mine on shelves.

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  2. JessicaMarch 28, 2015 at 2:09 PM

    So, do you find the quilts "keep" better when rolled, or folded? I guess they might take up less space... let me know because I clearly need to reorganize my quilts. Lol.

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  3. LeanneMarch 28, 2015 at 4:36 PM

    Great idea!

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  4. RachelMarch 28, 2015 at 5:55 PM

    Fun!

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  5. RachelMarch 28, 2015 at 9:36 PM

    That's a neat little stack

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  6. CityHouseStudioMarch 29, 2015 at 5:32 AM

    So much better -- I like it!
    And I'm so jealous of your huge closet!

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  7. EllynMarch 29, 2015 at 5:53 AM

    oh man now I need to go straighten mine.... looks great!

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  8. Molli SparklesMarch 29, 2015 at 8:47 PM

    You don't even want to see the top of my closet right now. Well, I don't want to look at it either! Haha Did you tie ribbon around them to keep them rolled up? I feel like rolling wastes so much space... I prob need something custom built to store them that way.

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  9. www.randomthoughtsdoordi.comApril 6, 2015 at 8:41 AM

    I keep mine rolled up in huge baskets from target. I've also heard that folding them on the bias helps to not put permanent creases in them.

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