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josie bass 10-02-2011 09:56 AM

About three months ago I bought a perennial f QUARTERS PACK for $50.00 off the enter net. Yesterday I opened it up to use it and it smelled terrible. I never smelled that kind of a smell before and It is to late to return it . I hate to wash the pieces before i use it but I think if I am going to use it that is what I am going to have to do. Please can someone advise me. Thank you, Josie

Glassquilt 10-02-2011 09:59 AM

Wash.

erstan947 10-02-2011 09:59 AM

You might try airing them outside and/or separating them and spray with fabreeze. Just a thought.

QuiltE 10-02-2011 10:09 AM

Hot water wash and hot dryer!!

Dolphyngyrl 10-02-2011 10:16 AM

Wash them in a mesh laundry bag and press them dry with the iron

Sadiemae 10-02-2011 10:27 AM

I would wash them, and I would also vinegar in the wash.

Morag 10-02-2011 10:42 AM

Wash them in a mesh laundry bag!

BKrenning 10-02-2011 10:43 AM

Put them in a bag with baking soda or activated charcoal. Separating them and laying them outside to air them out may also work.

MinnieKat 10-02-2011 10:51 AM


Originally Posted by josie bass
About three months ago I bought a perennial f QUARTERS PACK for $50.00 off the enter net. Yesterday I opened it up to use it and it smelled terrible. I never smelled that kind of a smell before and It is to late to return it . I hate to wash the pieces before i use it but I think if I am going to use it that is what I am going to have to do. Please can someone advise me. Thank you, Josie

Yes, the same thing happened to me once ... I bought a kit once that must have been a year old and stored in a stinky plastic bag in a smelly old basement somewhere. It was awful!!! I washed all the pieces and hung everything out in the sunshine ... eventually the smell did go away.

Gramie bj 10-02-2011 10:52 AM

I always wash my fat quarters, just unfold and put 2-3 per laundry bag and wash If you don't have a laundry bag use a pillow case, tie the open end shut or baste it closed then dry bag and all then Iron, smell should be gone and any shrinkage is taken care of I'd also put a shout in the washer if it smells bad maybe because of the manufacter process they used.


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