Originally Posted by Daisydoodle
I got fabric from my sister, a smoker, that was really bad. Of course she didn't notice the smell. Anyway I put the charms in a mesh laundry bag and the safety pinned the fat quarters on all four courners. then popped them in the dryer, air only, with 1 dryer sheet. Ran it for about 45 minutes. Worked great! Also the freezer does work, I use it for antique books all the time.
I still have 2 laundry baskets of smokers fabric to wash so I took one piece and threw it in with a dryer sheet to see if it works on this stuff. These fabrics were hung on hangers out in her sewing room and I saw evidence of smoking in the room so I'm guessing easily 4-5 years of smoke on these fabrics. Washing on super long with detergent and oxyclean plus vinegar in the rinse seems to be doing the trick.