Greetings Alex.
I also face the same issue with heat and storage of some of my items. My
current solution is simply to number the box (with a wide sharpie marker), and
then keep an inventory either on my computer, or in a binder (I have a very
thick fabric binder). The inventory list can then
If you get translucent bins, you can slip a piece of card stock down between
the side of the bin and the stuff in the bin. The stuff holds it tight to
the bin, so you can read it. If opaque, hang a piece of muslin over the lip
of the bin, with whatever is in the bin written on the muslin with a
My Grandmother used to staple a plastic ziplock bag over the edge of the box
with the opening down and loose. She'd then put a card in the ziplock bag with
whatever the contents currently were.
Regards,
Anne
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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com
That is a brillant idea! Much better than mine of taping card stock to front or
in the inside.
Elizabeta
--- On Mon, 9/28/09, Sharon Collier sha...@collierfam.com wrote:
From: Sharon Collier sha...@collierfam.com
Subject: Re: [h-cost] ORGANIZATION
To: 'Historical Costume' h-cost...@indra.com
If you're storing the tubs in temperature extremes, you might need to consider
the stability of the plastic and its outgassing effects on the contents. Just a
word of caution from the textile conservation side of things...
Astrida
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Except I already have the tubs, and most are opaque. I wonder how
attractive the flap of muslin would be to cats that crawl through
everything
alex
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Sharon Collier sha...@collierfam.com wrote:
If you get translucent bins, you can slip a piece of card stock down
Most of what I have to store in the garage isn't what I'd consider of
a quality to be concerned with the long term effect.
My second project is going to making sachets to go into the tubs.
Somewhere sometime someone gave me one and this past weekend I found
the tub with it, it was really nice.
I used to have fabrics sorted by type, sub-sorted into projects on other
shelves. I now have the majority of it in the clear plastic tubs. I
have labels on the tubs but it still helps to be able to see the actual
fabric, at least for me. I learned very fast not to get the larger size
tubs as
stone room under the front porch (did I mention it was an old house :) ).
Don't know what this room was used for originally. It is too cold and a bit
damp to work in but we are in Kansas so this is our fail-safe tornado
shelter :). It would have been a root cellar or a storage place to
The Iris is neat -- I like the modularity, since you can get extra project
cases. Thanks!
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From: susan...@juno.com
To: h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:30:57 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Organization
Here
I keep it all on a hanger. With a bag holding the notions and related
items, and the garment on the hanger. IF there's no room in the
closet for another bulky hanger, it's time to finish something.
Mari
I have a lot of those big Rubbermaid tubs for storing yardgoods; but what
do you use for
I have two sets of wire drawers of various sizes that I use to keep my projects
together. They are a bit pricey but if you can find a sale they are worth it. I
got mine at Home Depot and you can get the rack for them in a couple of heights
and the drawers in 3 or 4 depths so you can have your
Here is what project organization I have. I too use the big ziplock bags. I
store them in rectangular baskets or plastic tubs if I have several of them
going at once. This way I can flip through them like files and find what I am
looking for. I also use an Iris Scrapbook chest
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