On 10/14/08 8:46 AM, Sue wrote:
I have 4 pieces of ruby coloured cloth approx 18 inches
square with lace on, and I would like to know the best
way to keep them stored and easily transported (just in
case I want to). I wouldn't have space for flat storage,
but wonder whether rolling them in to one long sausage
would be a safe sensible way. Then would it be best to
wrap them in acid free tissue before they go into a
cardboard tube, or something. Also I read somewhere about
the colour transferring from cardboard into fabric, if
this is true, how can I prevent it over time?.
I laid a piece of embroidery that I'm saving on a long strip
of old muslin and rolled it up on a tube. The muslin is
long enough that there are layers of muslin both under and
over the embroidered panel.
For something precious, it would be well to use an acid-free
tube, or wrap the tube with buffered paper before wrapping
it in muslin. The buffered-paper option is probably both
cheaper and more reliable than looking for acid-free tubing.
To wrap my grandmother's quilts, I take a muslin sheet out
of the linen closet, wash it in ammonia, rinse it twice,
line dry it, then use it to line the box where I keep the
quilts. The sheet should be changed every year.
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Joy Beeson
http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/
http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/
west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A.
where autumn has begun
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