I also recommend NOT using scented dryer sheet or Fabreeze if you have asthma, they claim its fresh smelling. It is loaded with perfume.

If you really want to wash them and everyone says not to wash them without being quilted - maybe you sew them to a sheet, with a loose stitch, then baste them together and wash them on the gentle cycle with oxyclean or vinegar. I would probably go ahead and dry them in a dryer with a very low temperature. That should help to return the fabric to the correct shape.

My other half and I checked into a motel room (last one available) turn out it reeked of cig smoke. Went to the local store bought Febreeze and use 1/2 the bottle and went to dinner after we could not smell the smoke at all. This is what I would do,mist til almost damp if you know what I mean.

why not just sprinkle an abundant amount of baking soda on each quilt, fold it up lightly, put in a dry plastic bag and seal it up for a week or so. Nothing to stain, nothing gets wet, shrinks, fades and you don't have to put up with another odor like perfumes (febreeze, fabric softeners, etc).

Check with your local fire dept. There is some kind of spray that the firemen used to get rid of the smoke smell in my brother's house when they had a fire in the garage. Maybe the firemen can tell you where you can buy it.

My MIL and her family swear by Scope mouthwash- 1/2 cup per washload.

Please don't wash first--it will distort the shape of the quilts. After they are quilted--then wash.

Get a quart spray bottle and fill it 2/3 with plain water and the rest of the way with cheap vodka. Spray it on and iron!

Exactly! Baking soda works wonders. I put it in every load with my smoker husband's shirts. However, instead of washing them at this point, I'm wondering if putting the tops in a sealed plastic bag with one of the refrigerator containers of baking soda would work. (I've even brushed a small amount of it through my hair after I've ridden in a car with my husband. Don't know if it helps but it makes me feel better about the smell in my hair. Haha!)

I also know that newspapers, charcoal and ground coffee absorb the cigarette odor and that mildewy or musky smell.

Good heavens. I'm allergic to pot smoke-----------can't be in the same room with it. But I think I'd take the smoke over the Fabreeze. I put one of those car vent things in my car--------had to roll it up in some paper, hide it in the glove box and roll all the windows down.