Quilt Storage Archives

At last count, I owned 147 quilts….. 114 made by me, 26 made by my Mom, Grandmother and Great -Grandmother, and 7 given to me by others!!

Fortunately, most of them are wall-hangings or lap quilts, but there are 20+ that are full size quilts.

Some years ago, I shared this video about rolling quilts for storage…..

I have used this process on all of my larger quilts, but it has become completely overwhelming……

And do you see the stack on the floor to the right?

Those are ones that I have no place for, including my “Best of Show” quilt!!

The other day, I heard someone talking about laying quilts out on an unused bed and I got to thinking….

I have TWO unused beds, one of which is hidden away in a bonus room, so why not use that one.

I got to work…….

…and thirteen quilts later, I was back where I started.

I am thrilled with this idea and love that the quilts will be flat and well protected!!

I kept out a few of the larger quilts that I use in workshops or as backgrounds when I am doing a Guild Program via Zoom.

I re-rolled everything that was left and LOVE all of the extra room that I have in my closet…..

And no….this isn’t all of my quilt storage!! I also have a ladder in my upstairs hallway, a pie safe for my smaller wall quilts, and 10 or so on the walls throughout my house…..

My plan is to start selling some of them, giving some away to charity work, and generally clearing things out a bit.

But let’s be honest, I am most excited that I now have more room to store my upcoming quilts…. BEST GET BUSY!!

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One of my favorite things about quilting is motivating others and helping them in their quilting journey. As part of this endeavor, I LOVE to present programs and workshops to groups and guilds around the world. All of my programs work well with Zoom meetings, and I would love to speak to your group.

You can find out more at this link…..

When I left you yesterday the quilts were all piled on my table, waiting to be hauled up the stairs and put away!!

Since I had all of them out at the same time I decided to try another Bonnie Hunter technique and to ROLL the quilts for storage rather than folding them.

I have always worried about folding my quilts, knowing that creases were not going to be good for them and it seemed that rolling might just be the ticket.

I made a video of the process and you can see how easy it is to do. In the video I mentioned that the process was a bit tedious but that was an overstatement. After I had done 6 or 7 quilts it became much easier to do.

It was extremely satisfying to view the finished process…..