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Quilts
As in: Your great-aunt’s coverlet, which is coming apart at the seams.
The fix:
Store quilts with archival materials. Crease marks are the leading cause of textile damage, says Carolyn Ducey, curator of collections at the University of Nebraska
International Quilt Study Center and Museum, in Lincoln. For safe storage, lay archival tissue paper (from hollingermetaledge.com) on top of your quilt. Next, gently fold the quilt and place it in a clean cotton pillowcase. Then put it in a box made of
polypropylene (from hollingermetaledge.com) and store in a temperature-controlled closet. Very important: Once a year, refold the quilt in a different way―on the diagonal,
for example―to avoid fold lines.
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