Originally Posted by
ctyankee
Why can't you wash them? I know that musty fabric can be soaked & then dried outside on a clothesline, & you can't tell they were ever musty! But it's a lot of extra work for you. Maybe 4 people can each take a quilt & soak it & then return to you for quilting, since you're willing to do that for the group. Good luck in your final decision -- & please let us know how this turns out!
I was wondering if that would work. Maybe soak them either in the sink or in the washer and a gentle spin cycle. Then hang them to dry. I don't have a clothesline. But could put a rope up between trees. They need to be washed at some point. No one deserves to get a quilt that smells like these do.
I'm going to wash the backing fabric in the machine first to see if the smell goes away.