Originally Posted by hatchet
Hubby and I smoke and I cook with onions and garlic a lot but never thought about it stinking up the quilting since it's in a separate room and we only do these things in the kitchen. If it's in a different room I don't see a problem but I'm sure if you use a used one it would be fine but I'd worry a bit about a fresh one. I prewash all my fabric and zip lock them, they stay fresh for years!!
Believe me smoke travels through the house. You don't smell it because you smoke. Non smokers know the second you open the door. Sometimes I have to close my windows when my neighbors stop to talk on the sidewalk. It comes in the house. I used to smoke and it never bothered me then.
My daughter bought me some fabric at a garage sale then kept it in her car where her husband smokes. I had to wash it before I could handle it.