Help! Quilt top smells like cigerette smoke
Our guild makes "American Hero" quilts and sends them to a group to be given to wounded soldiers, like "Quilts of Valor". Anyway, my sister, who lives in another state, wanted to participate, so she sent me a quilt top to be quilted by a member of our guild for our "American Hero" project. When I opened up the box, the quilt reeked of cigerette smoke. (My sister is a smoker, but did not think she smoked in her house) How do I get the smell out of the quilt top without washing it? I cannot use it this way, but I fear that if I wash it, it will have a "used" look. Any ideas?