How do you store quilts, especially in the countryside?

In rural areas, quilts made of cotton are very heavy, usually 8- 10 kg. After winter, the quilt should be taken out to dry. Take off the quilt cover and put the cotton core on the stone to dry, or put it on the railing to dry, and the other side is half turned over. Not only that, if the quilt used for a long time is not loose, it will become stuttering and strong, and the stick will knock out dust and cotton wool.

After marriage, put the bedding in the cupboard. After a hundred years, if children and grandchildren want nothing else, they will be divided into bedding, which means that future generations will inherit it. I don't know why there is such a truth. Anyway, it is divided into several sets of bedding, which shows that there are people in later generations, and the quilt is homophonic for a lifetime, which was handed down from the older generation! It is also a custom handed down from the countryside!

Exposure to the sun can kill most mites in the quilt, and it smells warm and stale. After drying the quilt, it should be packed in plastic bags, because the quilt is only used once a year, and it is easy to get wet without plastic bags. We used to put mothballs in a quilt and seal them together, but the smell was too strong when we used them the next year. I feel that the quilt sucks up the smell, and people smell it when they cover it. It's not safe to tuck the children in. Later, we put the mothballs directly into the bag and put them in the corner of the cabinet.

The bag containing drugs doesn't need to be sealed to leave some holes, which will slowly give off some smells, so cockroaches and insects will not dare to nest in the quilt. The quilt is usually placed on the top floor of the cabinet, far from the ground, and it is not easy to get wet. The cabinet on the top floor is not commonly used, so it is just right to put the quilt. There is no cabinet for working outside, so we have to set up boards with wooden benches and pile quilts on them.

Houses built in rural areas usually have a wing dedicated to storing groceries. Now, we can still see a small number of sewing machines. This old object is not used by many people, and it is directly used to put the quilt. Some rooms also have old wooden beds with some old clothes and quilts on them. Usually that room is locked, with small air flow, low humidity and dryness.