Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to my dilemna.
I did bring home some cotton fabric which I will wash with soap and vinegar. This fabric will be for charity projects which a guild makes.
I will take my time before doing the double bed size quilt. I plan to move the dining room table and line the carpeted floor with heavy duty vinyl tarp before placing white sheets on top. I will use gentleness as I am afraid the fabric might shred. If I make a sheet sandwich with the quilt in the middle, I should be able to roll and turn over the quilt for drying.
My husband thinks this is too much work, but he is NOT the quilter in the family. The pattern is unusual and this is something tactile from Grandma :)
Meanwhile, the next few weekends will be taken up with travel back and forth to clean out the apartment. I am grateful that my family is very understanding.
Piecefully yours,
Kay Susan