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Posted by Pogonip on November 1, 2007, 8:13 pm
Pogonip wrote:
> IMS wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Please help me - marriage at stake!
>>>
>>> We have recently had some cupboards built to store my dear wife's
>>> fabric collection. The problem is that the cupboards are against an
>>> external wall which can get cool. There is a risk of damp, which
>>> could lead to fabric damage. I can install ventilation and even
>>> heaters in the cupboards, but I wondered if either of the following
>>> would be a good solution.
>>>
>>> a) Storing the fabric in air tight plastic bags on the cupboard
>>> shelves. You can get large 'vacuum bags' for clothes which are
>>> designed to have the air sucked out, but I guess they could also be
>>> used simply as air-tight containers without actually pumping the air
>>> out.
>>>
>>> b) As above, but using plastic boxes (large thin ones) with decent
>>> air-tight lids.
>>>
>>> If anyone has alternative solutions I would also love to hear them.
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> I keep all of my fabric in large plastic bins with the 'flap' tops.
>> There is some air circulation, which is important, as I often open the
>> bins to getsomething out or to rearrange the contents. I've never used
>> those fabric bags, or air tight containers, as I worry about trapping
>> moisture in them.
>>
>> A quick GOOGLE search came up with:
>>
>> http://www.fabriclink.com/Care/Long-term.cfm
>>
>> http://www.sewnews.com/library/sewnews/library/aafabr9.htm
>>
>> -Irene
Ahhh, I should not reply to my own post, but I found Cea's comments:
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> Date: 31 Jul 2006 17:14:39 -0700
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> Subject: Fake "space bag" alert
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> I bought a couple of these "knock-offs", thinking I could pack some
> lightweight sewing supplies into them, suck all the air out, and stack
> them on shelves, thereby doubling my storage space.
> I managed to stuff about six large size quilt batts into each bag.
> Vacuumed all the air out, and the bags flattened nicely. It was
> amazing, how quilt batts could be shrunk up to nothing. Why, they are
> all air! They weighed nothing. I was beginning to think I ruled. My
> cleverness resulted in loads of empty shelf space in the sewing room.
> I stacked three or four of these bags atop one another, on an open
> wire shelf units, maybe two-and-a-half feet from the ceiling, up above
> my dryer. Filled the whole space. A couple of bread machines, an old
> dry iron, and assorted semi-fragiles shared the shelf nicely. All was
> well, for about two weeks.
> One morning recently, all hell broke loose, a crashing and
> shattering which went on for three minutes; a seemingly endless
> slow-motion suicide of assorted minor household appliances.
> I arrived on scene to see the last of the lemmings leap onto the tile
> floor. At the opposite end of the shelf, wedged tightly against the
> ceiling, were the four pseudo space bags, each one enormously distended
> with air. Beneath them, shelf braces were bent, folded, molly bolts
> pulled out, and all the brackets were sprung away from the wall. I
> would not have believed that airy batts could do that sort of damage
> unless I'd seen it.
> I am not a fan of open wire shelving. I think if I'd stacked the
> batts on wood shelves, they'd have simply pushed their way off the
> shelf, instead of destroying it. It took me a while to repair the
> damage; I put in new molly bolts and brackets. My sewing room is again
> full of fluffy, slithery quilt batt packages. I don't know if I should
> try this again with the "original, genuine Space Bag", or just consider
> this a one-time experiment, and get back to making quilts. That would
> get rid of my batt storage problem, but most quilting is a slo-mo
> process for me. (My dogs like to loll in the coolness under the beds,
> or I'd simply slide the bags into all that lovely unused emptiness.)
> Cea
How I wish she could come back to play with us again.
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Joanne
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