Anti Tarnish Silver Cloth, Black, by The Yard

I bought several yards of this fabric to line jewelry drawers in a dresser. I built custom dividers into the drawer and used this fabric to cover the bottom and sew flaps to lay over the jewelry. My understanding is the trick to getting this type of fabric to work is you want to make every effort to surround the silver in it. Just laying silver down on the fabric alone is not enough to prevent tarnish...hence why I also sewed flaps to cover everything.Overall the fabric seems high quality, it is a little thinner than I had expected, but that's not really a negative. Also, I found once cut, the edges tend to fray very easily, so either use pinking shears or a serger machine like I did. I prefer the serger route because not only does it prevent the fraying, but it also provides a very nice finished edge to the fabric. See my pictures for a better understanding.After handling it a little bit in my workshop there seemed to be a slight fuzz forming on the face of the fabric. Similar to felt, but not as bad, so I don't think this fabric would hold up to very much wear and tear in the long run. Again that's not really a negative, because I don't believe it is intended to serve that purpose. You need to be aware of this and plan accordingly. Don't sew huge pocket or bag from this, fill it with heavy silver/jewelry, and expect it to last very long in your suitcase as you travel. It would be better to use it as a lining to the inside of a padded bag with a more durable fabric on the outside.Only time will tell how long (or even how well) this fabric will prevent tarnish. If I start to see any tarnish forming soon, then you can rest assured I will be updating this review and downgrading my rating.UPDATE 01/11/2016:It has been a year since I used to fabric to line some silver jewelry draws for my mother. I see absolutely no signs of tarnish on any of the silver she has kept covered in this fabric. I was actually looking for tarnished items because I was trying to review a silver cleaner and I had to resort to an old silverware set since this fabric is doing such a good job. For now, still a great item.

Product is perfect, and thick. Excellent for my purpose.

I have been looking all over for a tarnish proof fabric for my sterling silver jewelry. I never realized how big a yard is especially when it is 58 inches wide. This is a tremendous piece of fabric.. It is very soft and thick, much like the highest quality of flannel you can purchase. I have many small tins with clear tops(The Container Store - sorry Amazon) that I store my silver earrings and pendants. I have lined each one of these with this fabric. I line the container so the fabric comes up to the top and a lttle over the jewelry so everything is touching the fabric. I drop it in a little like a cup cake wrapper. I also have a lucite piece with 3 drawers and lined each drawer. It is not only a tarnish protector but protects the jewelry from sliding around and prevents damage from scratching. You can protect any type of jewelry from sliding around, it doesn't have to be silver..You can even cut out one small piece and line the small plastc zip lock bags that alot of jewelry is shipped in when you order online. A few months will tell how tarnish proof this is but I have no reason to doubt it's effectiveness. No one else has complained. I am very happy with this and the price is much less than most other tarnish proof cloths on the market. I still have so much fabric left over.

It works, and the material is easy to sew to make bags for different odd-shaped silverware items like large platters or tea service containers. Will save me re-polishing time and effort. Except that,since Fabric Hut only lists one dimension for the fabric (length, by the yard), you may, if like me, you are not a frequent flyer fabric buyer, end up ordering too little material and having to re-order more later. Time saving? Not yet... but the dream lives on!Of course, you could, unlike me, be proactive and call a Psychic Hotline to have the width of the fabric revealed to you ahead of time.Or (and I am embarassed to even offer up this un-creative suggestion) maybe Fabric Hut could just prevent any buyer uncertainty by just telling us the width of the fabric in their ad in the first place. You know, like I asked them to do after the first order... a long time ago... when I was young... and innocently expected Homer Simpson to not only read, but to take a well-meaning customer's suggestion to heart. Now I know that it truly can be a cruel world, but rather than dashing my hopes, I find that this setback only serves to deepen my resolve: I will persevere, and one day, one fine and glorious day, sweet success will be mine! And the heirloom tea set will be safely bagged.

This cloth has kept our Sterling (which we keep in a normal kitchen drawer) shiny and untarnished! I bought two yards of it after we decided to give all our stainless to Salvation Army and use our Sterling for special occasions as well as everyday eating. This made the normal Sterling storage chests way too inconvienent.Instead, I bought twelve 2x12 plastic organizer trays for the kitchen silverware drawer. Then I used pinking shears to cut this anti-tarnish cloth into a big piece to line the bottom of the drawer, as well as rectangles to go into the bottom of each plastic organizer tray. For weird sterling items that don't get used all the time (think miniature butter knives and oyster forks) I used the pinking shears to also cut little anti-tarnish "blankets" to cover the trays containing said weird items. This has kept everything free of tarnish ... with plenty of cloth left over (now in a big Ziploc) for when the current cloth goes stale. Great stuff!