fineartsteacher's Profile

Oh, and one more thing! We here all about how brands like Sterilite make their containers out of polypropylene and are therefore "acid-free." This is true when you first buy them. However, according to my research, polypropylene deteriorates over the long-term and becomes acidic, thus damaging your fabric! That, along with trapping oxygen, should motivate us to relegate them to seasonal storage and replace at least a couple of times in our life. The younger generations (I guess I cannot be put in that category, anymore, at 43.) will be more likely to buy your quilts and such if you can emphasize the care you take with the fabrics you use since they are so environmentally conscious.

I hope you all are listening to those about fabric storage! Acid-free containers and zip-lock bags archival sealed bags keep the fabric from getting oxygen! all these women putting their fabric in zip pouches, on wood shelves or plastic shelves, or plastic bins are destroying their fabric. My best tip....roll, don't fold (acid-free tubes are expensive, make your own tubes with arches archival watercolor paper - 300lb...it's thick, tape with acid-free, archival linen tape) then wrap in unbuffered archival tissue (acid-free is buffered and not suitable for fabrics) and store in long all natural breathable 100% cotton underbed storage bags on open shelves. For goodness sakes, you spent all that money on the fabric, don't waste it away from the way you store it! It does look pretty on the acid free "bolts" for the world to see in a pretty china cabinet or dvd shelf, but not so pretty in a few years when you want to use it.