Originally Posted by
BellaBoo
I will take it apart and re make it adding a border around if I need it bigger. I try to use all of the given blocks except if the block smells of tobacco I toss it. If the person asks about where is her block on the quilt I tell her the truth. It smelled of tobacco smoke. No excuse to be giving a quilt block that is saturated with odor.
Couldn't you just wash it - soak it in whatever would take out the smell?
(Just seems odd to me that if you are willing to take a block apart and redo it - that you would toss it instead of washing it)