how to wash a queen size quilt
10-17-2023, 02:27 AM
#31
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Portage, Michigan
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My solution when I need to wash something BIG or a quilt that is BIG is to spend a couple of hours with my daughter and grandchildren. Like many modern moms she had one of the large water saving front loading washer and dryer sets. I load my quilt and we chat, drink tea and wait for the washer to do it's thing. Or as more often the case, I go over to her home when they are at school/work and I wash the quilt and partially dry it, then bring it home to lay out flat somewhere in my home.
Find a friend with a large washer, bring a yummy snack and tea/coffee and let the chatting begin.
Find a friend with a large washer, bring a yummy snack and tea/coffee and let the chatting begin.
10-18-2023, 11:48 AM
#32
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Lake Elsinore, CA
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I agree that an agitator is not going to shred a quilt. I've always washed mine in a large top loader with an agitator and never any damage at all.
Peckish, I love your description of the talk with the salesman. I'm so tired of appliances that are built to be energy efficient at the expense of doing the job they're supposed to do.
Peckish, I love your description of the talk with the salesman. I'm so tired of appliances that are built to be energy efficient at the expense of doing the job they're supposed to do.
10-21-2023, 03:09 PM
#33
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Portage, Michigan
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Tale of a 20 year old quilt that needed a good bath!
I washed a quilt this week in my bathtub. My washer is not big enough to wash the queen quilt. This quilt that was a wedding gift to my son and DIL from one of her elderly family members. It did not look soiled but it smelled disgustingly like human sweat. It was hand quilted but because of age of the quilter, the workmanship was poor on the whole quilt.It seemed fragile. Anyway. lots of seams have burst but the smell was so bad I could not work on it without washing it.
I put it into my bath tub with cool water, soap and just mushed it about with my hands, let sit for an hour. Drained the yucky, dirty water and repeat. More dirty water. Rinsed in cool but not cold water and added about two cups of distilled white vinegar to get out any soap residue with more hand mushing, drained and squeezed out the water but did not wring it. I did get it in my washer but just to spin out the water about 3 minutes. It weighed a TON wet! Hung over a drying rack for a day and a half. Now I can start on the repairs. Perfect? No but it smells better and the repairs are non the worse for wear without the agitation of the washer. Now I hope I can do the repairs to leave the quilt as a memento of this woman's gift and efforts.
I washed a quilt this week in my bathtub. My washer is not big enough to wash the queen quilt. This quilt that was a wedding gift to my son and DIL from one of her elderly family members. It did not look soiled but it smelled disgustingly like human sweat. It was hand quilted but because of age of the quilter, the workmanship was poor on the whole quilt.It seemed fragile. Anyway. lots of seams have burst but the smell was so bad I could not work on it without washing it.
I put it into my bath tub with cool water, soap and just mushed it about with my hands, let sit for an hour. Drained the yucky, dirty water and repeat. More dirty water. Rinsed in cool but not cold water and added about two cups of distilled white vinegar to get out any soap residue with more hand mushing, drained and squeezed out the water but did not wring it. I did get it in my washer but just to spin out the water about 3 minutes. It weighed a TON wet! Hung over a drying rack for a day and a half. Now I can start on the repairs. Perfect? No but it smells better and the repairs are non the worse for wear without the agitation of the washer. Now I hope I can do the repairs to leave the quilt as a memento of this woman's gift and efforts.
