Hi friends!
I have been debating my quilt storage for a while now. When hubby and I moved here, I had a few quilts. Well, quite a few. But in the 6+ years we have been in Colorado, I have made a lot more.
Like a lot more.
So I started storing them on the spare bed in the basement. We have a small bedroom down there for guests. This way I kept the crease issue to a minimum and I could shut the door and keep the animals out.
Theoretically. The minute I open that door they all come running!
Of course, if a guest tried to sleep under all those quilts, they would be smothered!
So if anyone does come to stay, I have to move all the quilts- but where? I usually just make piles of them on the floor. Big piles!
Someone suggested I donate the quilts and I have donated some, but many I use for my lectures, or classes as samples or I loan out to shops as samples… so they have a purpose and come and go as needed.
I occasionally will sell a few in my ETSY shop. But the thing I really want to do is use a few more in the rest of my house. As decorative accents. As a way to add a little color. I do use my small wall hangings or small quilts on tables a lot, but not many of the bigger quilts.
My first update was to play with this cute wine/alcohol storage unit – that has no alcohol in it! So I took out the wine racks and stored some quilts! I love how it looks.
(I know, I know! For those of you who are wine aficionados this is sacrilege, but I don’t drink so ….it works for me!)
I also tucked a few quilts on the bottom shelf of this end table…
And now I want to get a ladder. I have the perfect spot for it. I just need to find a white one that is a little rustic and then I can hang a few more quilts on it.
How do you store quilts?
Hopefully I can find a ladder that is the height I want, the color I want in the price range I want.
A tall order! (Haha- get it? Tall order-tall ladder?) Wish me luck!
happy quilting,
Kate
Luckily, I have a closet in my sewing/quilting room which has the original rod and extra room. I’ve purchased a bunch of hangers with clips on them (pants/skirt hangers maybe) and hang finished quilts from the clips. Makes it easy to rotate seasonal quilts.
That’s a great idea!Thanks for sharing.
Building your own ladder is so easy! You can even get the wood cut to length where you buy it. Google to find some instructions. I like the spots you found for some of the quilts. Rolled up in a big basket is another idea.
I went shopping with a friend on Saturday and found an old ladder fairly cheap. Now I just need to wash it down and maybe give it some whitewash. Can’t wait to get it up and filled with quilts!
I store my quilts on a bed in a guest room as well, but it is one of three so I rarely need to move them. My quilt tops awaiting quilting are stored on a quilt rack. I would love to have an apple ladder to hang quilts on, but I will have to figure out how to make it myself.
I am having fun thinking about ways to display some more of my quilts. An extra bed for storage would be perfect but… I only have the one!