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Posted by breeze on January 10, 2006, 3:21 am
Can you tell me what you do to store fabric that you have purchased for
future projects. I have a six foot armoire in which to place my *finds* and
would like to ensure that when I come to use them they are in good
condition. Most of the pieces I have collected are cotton/lycra blend and
some pure cotton and a few synthetics. Should I encase them in see through
plastic such as one might get when clothes return from the cleaners? Any
suggestions?
Just Breeze :)
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Posted by Kate Dicey on January 10, 2006, 4:12 am
breeze wrote:
> Can you tell me what you do to store fabric that you have purchased for
> future projects. I have a six foot armoire in which to place my *finds* and
> would like to ensure that when I come to use them they are in good
> condition. Most of the pieces I have collected are cotton/lycra blend and
> some pure cotton and a few synthetics. Should I encase them in see through
> plastic such as one might get when clothes return from the cleaners? Any
> suggestions?
>
> Just Breeze :)
>
>
Don't encase in plastic if you are in a very humid area...
Having said that, I bag mine in ziplock type bags and store in the loft
in lidded plastic crates, in the dark: keeps out the moths and dirt,
keeps out the damp here in the UK, and some of my fabric has been
maturing like this for 20-25 years... I dug a 12 YO chunk out the other
day to make a winter coat: it's in perfect condition, and the coat is
coming along nicely! :)
--
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Posted by off kilter quilter @somewhereq on January 11, 2006, 8:43 am
I store it depend on how quickly it will be used. For instance, the
fabrics that will eventually go into quilts are washed, dried, ironed,
folded and stored in a cabinet. The fabrics that I bought for specific
clothing projects are washed, dried, ironed, folded, then sealed into a
1 or 2 gallon ziploc bag along with the pattern it was intended for and
the notions to go with it as well. The reason I do this is because I
do WAY more clothing sewing than quilts as I have 2 skinny children who
can't fit store-bought clothing without difficulty. So, the clothing
fabric really isn't in storage for that long. HOwever, if I know that
a fabric has been sitting in a bag for over a month, I take it out and
let it breath for a day or so (rooms end up looking like a fabric store
exploded if I have too much built up). So, I guess I do a little of
both the correct and incorrect storage methods...lol.
When I get my sewing room back, I will be reorganizing storage so that
I can actually see all the fabricswithout having to dig through
cabinets...I will be looking to all of you for ideas as to how to best
display/store when that time comes :-)
Larisa
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Posted by small change on January 10, 2006, 10:10 am
breeze wrote:
> Can you tell me what you do to store fabric that you have purchased
> for future projects. I have a six foot armoire in which to place my
> *finds* and would like to ensure that when I come to use them they
> are in good condition. Most of the pieces I have collected are
> cotton/lycra blend and some pure cotton and a few synthetics. Should
> I encase them in see through plastic such as one might get when
> clothes return from the cleaners? Any suggestions?
>
> Just Breeze :)
Fabric needs to breathe; do not store it in plastic. I'd just fold
everything carefully. Sometimes I make a small note as to what exactly a
particular piece is and pin it on the selvedge.
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Posted by maer on January 10, 2006, 11:11 am
I only sew with washable fabrics. Every piece of fabric that comes
home with me gets placed near the serger immediately. The cut edges
are usually serged or zig-zagged that day, and the fabric is added to
the correct laundry pile. If it's in the Red color family or if I
think the color might run, the fabric gets washed and dried by itself
at least once or twice. Multiple runs through the washer and dryer are
also indicated if I think the fabric will shrink (cotton) or shed
(linen).
Some times this laundering will change the character of the fabric. If
I'm sure that I don't like its new attributes, I can put it in the
donate box.
After all this laundering, the fabric can find its rightful place among
the stash. I really cleaned out my stash this last year. I knew that
the very few pieces that did not have the raw edges finished off had
not been washed yet, so they were advanced through my process
accordingly.
Now my fabrics are stored in boxes (mostly cardboard) and marked by
type. My types are: home dec, cotton/linen, rayon/poly/silk, knits,
and fabrics to make garments for specific people (DH, and DS).
maer
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