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    Old 10-16-2011, 06:06 AM
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    Oh aren't you the lucky one!! I would carefully wash them in lukewarm water in the sink with Orvus soap. Rinse and repeat. And again. Lay them flat to dry on a towel.
    Post a pic when you get them into a quilt! :wink:
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    Old 10-16-2011, 06:06 AM
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    What a great find.
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    Old 10-16-2011, 06:08 AM
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    I know everyone has their own opinion, but this is mine. I would soak in Oxy clean or Biz and then rinse until the water is clean. Gently roll each one between towels to remove excess water and let dry flat. I wouldn't worry about the age-looking part (that's the beauty) -- just remove as much soil as possible. I would hope no one would want to wash me until I looked new. Yikes! I'm 71 -- lots of age spots, etc. LOL

    EDIT: What's Orvus soap?
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    Old 10-16-2011, 06:25 AM
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    I washed an old quilt top by itself in the washer by itself on gentle. When I took it out I laid it outside on the grass in the sun. The sun bleached out the rest of the stains.
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    Old 10-16-2011, 07:01 AM
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    Love them, you are well on yourway to a special quilt
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    Old 10-16-2011, 07:27 AM
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    Sweet find!
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    Old 10-16-2011, 07:41 AM
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    Originally Posted by MrsBoats
    It's a beautiful day, and my car just mysteriously pulled over in front of a yard sale. They had lots of old electronics, mall ninja swords, and antique dolls. (A box full of doll faces is creepy, btw.)
    Wonderful find! I understand lemon and sunshine can help whiten the stains.

    I have to agree with you about the doll faces! One of the most gruesome things I ever saw had to be from children at play. I was driving a familiar country road and there was a house almost falling down along the side of it. Some kids had taken a large dirty broken baby doll and tied it to one of the porch posts with thick coarse rope. And on top of it, its eyes did not open properly! It looked like something out of a hack'em up movie! It was only plastic and rope but had a chilling effect. The worst part is that nobody took it down! It was there for a long time! Freaked me out!
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    Old 10-16-2011, 07:46 AM
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    I would stitch down all the basted flutterbyes. Then I'd toss all of them into a lingerie bag and put them on a delicate cycle with Woolite (it's not just for wool). Hang them to dry and you can trim the squares down to whatever size.
    How about sashing each block in a different solid color taken from the prints? A nice light, happy print or two for borders? Or even a scrappy piano key border with all the colors you can scroung up that are in the designs?
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    Old 10-16-2011, 08:26 AM
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    All the advice about hand-washing the blocks are good! Same with the suggestions for using them. I love the old stuff and have collected a lot of it!
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    Old 10-16-2011, 08:48 AM
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    What a neat find. I'm sure you will enjoy whatever you decide to do with them - frame them as wall art?
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