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06-21-2014, 04:14 PM
#22
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 448
Log cabin has satin strips? Could it be paper piecing. I have washed entire satin quilt in a wringer washer, came out OK but after time it ruined it.. Next quilt I would put a crochet lace blanket on top to preserve it.. Now, I'm quilting so make my own..
06-21-2014, 06:42 PM
#23
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Texas and Arkansas
Posts: 261
Yes, you need to wash it, gently of course. Mice carry diseases and the stains are probably mouse urine. Try not to breath any dust from the quilt when you're working with it. Mouse applique sounds adorable.
06-21-2014, 07:01 PM
#24
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Oregon
Posts: 1,614
I love QM's solution -- put mouse appliques over both places you have to mend. Include a label on the back with the whole story, including why the mice were included. It will be a quilt that folks will chuckle about for many years to come, and marvel that it was in as good a shape as you found it! Both will be gorgeous when you're done.
06-22-2014, 04:03 AM
#29
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 2,061
I would clean them up as best I could WITHOUT washing, assemble and quilt. THEN wash. I think it is always a mistake to wash a quilt top that hasn't been quilted. You could vacuum through a screen on light vacuum or simply lay out on dry grass for a little while to freshen up any odors, then assemble and quilt.
06-22-2014, 04:17 AM
#30
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Ashtabula County, Ohio NE Corner
Posts: 377
Originally Posted by quiltingnd
It was in a house that was falling down and you could see that mice had used the quilts to nest in. There was mice poo everywhere. Kinda why I'd like to wash it.
