A question for pet owners
#12
I don't let them on the fabric, it's just that they get on some of the furniture which the quilt might get on. Generally once I wash it I put it away so that it won't get more hair on it. I will invest in some of the tape roller lint brushes, I think that will do the trick.
Thanks everyone.
Thanks everyone.
#15
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: kansas
Posts: 6,407
we don't allow the dogs onto the furniture and only in the living room/dining area/kitchen--not in bedrooms. I also don't allow them in either the sewing room or long arm basement area. But of course, when you have house animals, you also have pet hair no matter how much you clean, etc. For charity, I wash and dry in machines and then bag immediately. For customers, I make sure that I never take a customer top out of bag except in the long arm space and then rebag before I bring it up.
#16
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 2,241
I used to own a B&B and we had one room that accepted well-behaved dogs. Even though we asked that pets not get on the beds, I vacuumed the Amish quilt in there every time I made up the room. That and a lint roller worked well.
#17
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: South East Michigan...at the bottom of the thumb!
Posts: 730
Our POM's are part of the family. We try to keep the fur off of the food and furniture! But.... I wash my quilts before gifting, then I put them on the dining table to roll with lint roller and package up. Have never had a complaint, if someone was offended by my dog's fur, I would just say sorry and offer to take quilt back. LOL
#18
Cat hair on quilts is a big reason I had DH build me a place for the Long Arm that can be completely cat-free. I've got nowhere in the house that I could put it and have a closed door (it was in the dining room).
However I've got to stop laying floppies out on the bed unless I take off the comforter first. The cats sleep on the bed and the comforter is full of hair. So hair gets on the back side of the floppy.
if I am gifting a quilt, I bring it in from the LA and bind it, then wash and dry and it goes into a bag.
However I've got to stop laying floppies out on the bed unless I take off the comforter first. The cats sleep on the bed and the comforter is full of hair. So hair gets on the back side of the floppy.
if I am gifting a quilt, I bring it in from the LA and bind it, then wash and dry and it goes into a bag.
#20
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,415
I make a lot of donation quilts and I have a shedding dog. I wash the finished quilt in whatever detergent I use. Take out of dryer and put in plastic bag and take to guild to put in the pile of other donation quilts. If giving to a children's hospital, the quilts are washed in hot water with hospital detergent and dried in hot dryer at the hospital laundry before the kids get them. You may check with the group you are donating to and find out how the quilts are stored or handled before the person get it.
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