Quilt Storage: Up and Away

After years of quilting, I'm beginning to have quite a collection of my handiwork.  Many quilts are hanging on the walls of my home, but many more need to be stored.  I know I'm not supposed to fold them, so how can I store them?  And where?  They tend to take up a lot of space, you know.  If I had an extra bed, I could just spread them flat, and that would be great.  But, since I don't have that luxury, I've decided to:
a)  roll them around a padded rod, and
b)  store them high in the unused space of my closet.

It looks like this:

The rod is regular closet doweling.  I've padded it with batting scraps, wrapped in inexpensive fabric.  Both are held in place with hot glue.  The brackets are U shaped, so the rod slips in and out easily (see below.) 

As you can see, I've got simple tags pinned to the end of each quilt.  The gray/green fabric to the left is from my stash.  It's simply thrown over the top, as a dust cover.  I've pulled it back in this photo.

Rod (before padding) and bracket:

I have two of these poles rigged in the closet of my studio.  Each one holds at least six medium size quilts.  Although they're bulky, I can move them in and out by myself, by standing on a chair.  I really like the way this setup avoids fold lines, AND frees up the closet space below.

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