Title: clthg-storage-msg
Subject: Storing SCA clothing at home and at events.
Author: Edited by Mark S. Harris
Last saved by: Mark S. Harris
Keywords: clothing, garb, storage, home, event, SCA, transport, protect

clthg-storage-msg - 7/3/11

Storing SCA clothing at home and at events.

NOTE: See also the files: clothing-books-msg, merch-shoes-msg, patterns-msg, SCA-Upcycling-art, wearg-p-fshns-msg, underwear-msg, camping-ideas-msg, insect-prtctn-msg.

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From: Eowyth þa Siðend  <Eowyth at GMAIL.COM>
Date: April 13, 2011 10:45:42 PM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: [CALONTIR] Speaking of Clothes: Storage

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Ariel Tuley ‪<ariel.sarah at gmail.com>‬ wrote:
<<< I saw this come across a garb page and thought other folks might be
interested. Heck, if someone around here was making them or teaching a class
on how to make them, I'd be interested!!

Basically it's a clothing storage box that is also used as the base for the
uprights of a wooden clothing rack.

http://www.ee0r.com/proj/boxes.html

-Annora >>>

I have been wondering this (and asking around), How DO you store your clothes in between events?

Do you hang them in a closet? If so, do you use wood hangers? plastic hangers? Wire hangers? How do you keep from stretching the neckline of your dress (or tunic)? Do you use clothespins or safety pins or nothing at all?

If you don't hang in a closet, do you fold and store in a plastic tub of drawers? Cedar box? wood box of questionable origin? Do you keep moth balls with your garb? Dryer sheets? Lavender oil or leaves sprinkled in between layers?

Any and ALL information is welcome and appreciated,

Eowyth

From: Ted Eisenstein <alban at MAIL.SOCKET.NET>
Date: April 13, 2011 11:37:23 PM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] Speaking of Clothes: Storage

<<< I have been wondering this (and asking around), How DO you store 
your clothes in between events? >>>

Shirts get loosely folded and shoved into a drawer. Pants get loosely
folded and shoved into a cubbyhole. Capes (all two of 'em) get hung
on whatever hanger I grab first. Really spiff garb (mostly the floor-length
tunics and the raw silk watchamacallit and other similar items) get hung
on good hangers. Sandals and boots are downstairs by the front door.

....in other words, pretty much like all my other clothing. That's why I like
my day-to-day SCA garb to be washable, cotton, and, well, made for
day-to-day wear: I hate having to take a lot of care of clothing.

Alban, who might actually need to replace his newest pants, the ones
that are ten years old, one of these days....

From: Michael DeStefano <gwydionmaurmatauc at YAHOO.COM>
Date: April 14, 2011 6:29:48 AM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] Speaking of Clothes: Storage

We're VERY lucky to have a huge amount of hangers my Mother-in-Law* made using very soft yarn around plastic & metal hangers. ALL our garb hangs perfectly & does not slip, pucker or make "shoulder nipples". Our cloaks are hung on heavy suit hangers, hoods use the store hangers with the clips {no wear spots surprisingly enough from the clips} & pants are merely hung up folded through heavy plastic open hangers. 

At events I use a free standing garment rack {here's a $19 unit:  http://www.walmart.com/ip/Whitmor-Deluxe-Adjustable-Garment-Rack-Chrome-Black/15104316 } Mine has a top rack for shoes or hats, etc which is a sturdier unit. I put the suitcase across the bottom for dirty cloths & to help stabilize in the tent. It's adjustable for height & width.

Hope I'm helping!!!!!!!!!!!! We keep all our garb in a closet in the basement {finished basement not a moldy one} along with all the projects I've "started".... No issues to date!

-Gwydion

*= No one in the family saw the work that went into them or appreciated the gift so we have them all! This weekend we will be honoring my Mother & Father-in-Laws passing with family celebrating their lives & the legacy they left behind. {May all of us be thought of so well}

From: Sherry Loveland <gaias_grotto at YAHOO.COM>
Date: April 14, 2011 6:55:19 AM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] Speaking of Clothes: Storage

I have limited space so I store our garb in a very large rough tote with Cedar balls mixed in. 
 
Aeldraed The Tall

From: Patricia Galbraith <ctsmorgana at HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: April 14, 2011 7:28:14 AM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] Speaking of Clothes: Storage

Wooden hangers, in the closet with the rest of my clothing.  Walmart has perfectly acceptable wooden hangers, for a perfectly acceptable price.  (I also use the wooden ones for coats, and for hanging quilts.)

From: gary phillips <faramach at CHARTER.NET>
Date: April 14, 2011 8:14:08 AM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] Speaking of Clothes: Storage

Let's see...That pile is garb I wear often. That laundry basket has clean, folded linen under-dresses. That tote over there blocking access to the closet is garb I usually only wear at Lilies. In the closet hanging up neatly is garb that I haven't worn in years, but for some reason still can't work up the will to part with, and garb from the season it isn't right now.
 
If you figure out effective storage for garb, and the umpteen million other bits of SCA paraphenalia, camping gear, hobby supplies, armor, etc. I am sure I am not the only person who would be willing to hire you as a consultant to organize my stuff, too. :)
 
Gillie

From: Hywela <hywela91 at GMAIL.COM>
Date: April 14, 2011 10:52:05 AM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] Speaking of Clothes: Storage

We have enough room in our house that one closet is devoted to garb; we use heavy-duty plastic hangers and a couple of wooden ones I got from my mom.  They work well, we don't get stretched necklines, but then, most of our stuff is linen.  Dryer sheets tucked here and there work very well, like up sleeves and such.

Hywela 

From: Deb <annavon2002 at YAHOO.COM>
Date: April 14, 2011 11:05:20 AM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] Speaking of Clothes: Storage

I have large totes for each member of the family (actually, two for me!) and I fold all our garb and keep it in the totes so it's always washed and ready to go.  I put shoes in cloth bags so they don't dirty other clothing.  I have bags or small boxes for jewelry, belts, and other accessories.  In winter I store the totes in an outdoor shed with a little sachet bag and the clothes are very fresh and undamaged when I bring them in in spring.  When we are camping I hang a rope with a pvc pipe over it from side pole to side pole and hang our clothes on it with plastic hangers and clothespins if needed.  I put the empty tubs on the floor with the hems of the dresses in them so that if the floor gets wet the dress hems won't soak up the water.
 
Antonia

From: Lady Tanwen <ladytanwen at GMAIL.COM>
Date: April 14, 2011 1:35:26 PM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] Speaking of Clothes: Storage

I typically fold my dresses over a hanger or put them in a plastic tote.  The plastic tote works really well because that way everything is already packed and ready to load up.  :-)

Tanwen

From: Hywela <hywela91 at GMAIL.COM>
Date: April 14, 2011 8:50:16 PM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] Speaking of Clothes: Storage

On 4/14/2011 5:55 PM, Michael DeStefano wrote:
<<< Dryer sheets stuck up the sleeves??????????? Is this for moths?

-Gwydion >>>

No, it just makes them smell nice.  Why?  Is that overkill?

'wela

From: Eowyth þa Siðend  <Eowyth at GMAIL.COM>
Date: April 15, 2011 9:49:45 AM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: [CALONTIR] Dryer Sheets: Was:Re: Speaking of Clothes: Storage

It also helps with moths and spiders, and some even swear that they work on rodents and insects like bees.

And of course it helps keep them from getting musty. :)

-Eowyth
Who keeps them with all her camping stuff, especially bedding.

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Hywela ‪<hywela91 at gmail.com>‬ wrote:
On 4/14/2011 5:55 PM, Michael DeStefano wrote:
<<< Dryer sheets stuck up the sleeves??????????? Is this for moths?

-Gwydion >>>

No, it just makes them smell nice.  Why?  Is that overkill?

'wela

From: Catherine Kinsey <Ckinsey at KUMC.EDU>
Date: April 15, 2011 10:57:24 AM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: [CALONTIR] Dryer Sheets: Was:Re: Speaking of Clothes: Storage

We have several closets (one metal) where we hang garb.  Wooden hangers for the heavier pieces, lightly padded ones for the others.  One closet has a shorter pole set from front to back, above the other, for longer pieces.
 
I use cedar shavings for repelling critters and musty smells in the closets that don't get opened very much.  I got a big bag of cedar shavings from the pet store (used for cage bedding) and put some in an old pillow case I had sewed channels in.  Pillow case is pinned to a hanger and hung with the others.  I have also put the shavings into the legs of old pantyhose and then put one leg down each sleeve of a wool coat or garment.  The cedar shavings worked so well I did another pillowcase and use it on the bottom of the drawer I store my wool socks in.  I shake it out once or twice a year and it seems to be doing the trick.  Am thinking of trying that in the closet with some old shoes too :).
 
Liriel

From: Catherine Kinsey <Ckinsey at KUMC.EDU>
Date: April 15, 2011 12:02:19 PM CDT
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] Dryer Sheets: Was:Re: Speaking of Clothes: Storage

Lothar <Lothar at CENTURYTEL.NET> 4/15/2011 11:43 AM 
<<< just be sure its aromatic cedar. A lot of the bedding is not aromatic (even most lumber yard cedar is not aromatic). There is also aromatic cedar oils too.
 
Lothar >>>

It seems to be aromatic enough for what I have needed (clothes need a little airing before use).  I would not use it in a closed chest for over a year tho, 'fluffing' does seem to help. 
 
The pillowcases are easy to dump and refill every couple of years and the bedding was cheap.  I do have some cedar oil in a spritzer but worry about using that to close to some of the fabrics.
 
If someone has a serious pest problem you would probably need the stronger stuff Lothar mentions, at least to start with.
 
Liriel

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