Scissor Queen

I have a girlfriend that used to smoke. When I got things from her I put them in a plastic bag with a bar of Dial or Safeguard deodorant soap and left it for at least two weeks. The smell will go away. I bought two bolts of a fusible at an auction that smelled really bad and of course it couldn't be washed. It took a good month but the soap took the smell totally out of the bolts of fusible.

sandilee

Febreeze use to work for me. Before the smoking ban in public places I would come home and smell like smoke (espicaly when I wore sweatshirts) and would spray some febreeze and let it sit to air overnight and it helped.

mayday

Wrap them in lovely smelly soap ,works wonders and no chemicals.

piepatch

Fresh air is the best thing for your smoke filled items!

grann of 6

People don't realize that there is more than just the smoke smell in these items, there is also the tar from the smoke. You can't get that out just by airing and using Fabreeze. I get physically sick when I am around the cigarette smell. I would have to get rid of the smoke smelling objects. I found oxyclean works better than fabreeze. Good luck getting rid of it. My mother was a smoker, and after she passed away, my brothers and I went in and cleaned out her house. I brought her sewing stuff home with me. It has been 25 years and if I get really close to her sewing machine I can still smell the smoke, even after a mega cleansing. It permeates the wood. Some of her things I just had to pitch because I couldn't stand the smell.

BabyCakes

I use fresh wave in my wash.I buy it at ace hardware

Rann

Wash with soda or buy some of the stuff that hunters use that remove the human smell. That works and I ought to know--I smoked for years and my kids said they could not smell the smoke when I used the hunters spray. You can get it in the sporting goods at Wal Mart.

pollym44

BellaBoo---Wouldn't the better action be to just discard the block as opposed to hurting someones feeling because we object to their smoking. I hate dog and cat hair and urine, but I would NEVER hurt someones feelings about something I could so easily discard or clean. Most quilters are proud of the work they do and do their best when involved in these swaps. I can't imagine what it would feel like to get something back in the mail that I had put time, effort and joy in making and sharing. I'M a NON-SMOKER--but, that's just me!!!

Grannyh67

I'm with you. I smoked for years and when I quit 15 years ago I found out how bad smokers smell. I know they can't smell this but I can. I just don't go around smokers, I have Lung problems from smoking and can't stand the smoke and besides it stinks. Just saying.

icon17

Try a zip bag with Baking Soda put your fabric in their for a few days (I would shake it) Or use Borax powder same way. it should work then just shake off the powder. And you can use the powder for a long time. Also you can use Borax in your Laundry too.