Black specks in vintage quilt find ?
Hello quilter,
I did see a post whereby another quilter found that her batting had specks in it which was very disappointing I’m sure, but I found a quilt at my grandmother’s house, brand new, still in the bag, one of those one piece tops with a gorgeous print on it and machine quilted. Ya, it wasn’t a handmade find, but it’s still vintage and to me quite beautiful.
However, when I washed it and went to take it out of the washer, I was devastated to see black specks all in the batting! I washed the quilt 4-5 more times but nothing changed. I even picked some of these out using two needles and a lot of struggle, and it appeared to be bits of organic material like cotton?
The tag said, “The Colonial Quilting Company” but washed out after 1 wash. It is obviously a cheap quilt, maybe sold at low cost stores, but I still love it and would have loved to use it and enjoy it. But I’m feeling like there’s no hope and I’ll have to throw it away.
The stitches are coming out on all edges, ending up in big thread wads from the washing, and there’s a ton of lint, I’m guessing from the batting coming through the thin fabric. It appears the batting isn’t adhered together like the Warm and Natural I’ve bought for all my own made quilts. I could see separation in many areas of the batting. I can overcome all of this except for the specks everywhere.
Any idea what happened with this company? This batting? Any remedies?
Thank you!