Please Don't Use Dryer Sheets for String Quilting or Applique
#11
I am sensitive to fragrances and I use "used" fabric softener sheets in my string quilts. After the quilt is made, I always put it through a wash and if there is any chemical or smell left, believe me, I will know it. It is also pretty easy to see if a sheet has any softener left in it.
#12
Well I am one who uses "used" dryer sheets in my string quilts and no one has suffered or complained yet. I always put my finished quilt through a wash before donating it. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
#14
Thank you for this information. I usually use a cheaper muslin for string quilts. We don't need chemicles in bed with us or others we give quilts to. Lord knows we are surrounded with enough chemicals as it is!
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My mom gets used white sheets donated from a motel for her Lutheran World Relief quilts. After she has cut the sheet to the required 60 x 80, there is usually enough left to cut into squares that I use as stabilizer for my strip quilts. Those pieces have been washed so many times, I know they won't shrink.
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#20
Thanks for the advice on not using used dryer sheets for applique. I assumed that the fragrance and chemicals came out of the sheets once they were used. I set aside a couple of used dryer sheets that I was going to use to applique a few hearts on a car seat quilt for the baby that my SIL is expecting in June. I think I'll find something else.
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