Originally Posted by
MFord
The vinegar soak helped a lot! It still has a very faint odor, but I will be washing the whole quilt after it's made, and I think I'll be satisfied then. I do think hanging the fabric outdoors is a great idea, but not at 36 degrees and drizzly!
I had fabric like this, too, donated to use by a church for charity quilts. It had been stored in a plastic box in a room with a dirt floor. I washed with unscented Tide, Oxyclean, used vinegar, rewashed, put it outside for air...thought it was okay. THEN I ironed it...OH MY! That smell just hit my nose. BIG TIME. So it was a redo of all the washing and so on...only to have the smell still there when I ironed it. So that was it for me. I now use leftover fabric that I bought and use that.
Sometimes fabric just can't be saved.
