I saw a topic posted on how to remove the smell of smoke from a quilt. thought I'll never need it-tonight a friend called she picked up her quilt from a long arm quilter and it smells like smoke - any ideas?

I'm surfing to try to find some threads for you to read:

1. http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-23925-1.htm

2. http://reviews.ebay.com/How-to-Elimi...00000001669988

3. http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-111835-1.htm

4. http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-73818-1.htm

5. white vinegar
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-129341-1.htm

6. Quilt Care (scroll down and read the ? and answers)
http://www.lequilts.com/html/quilt_care.html#Question1

I think white vinegar works better than anything else.

I would hang it outside in the shade......

She might take it to a dry cleaners and have it cleaned. crafty_linda_b

When my sister passed away, her husband gave me two quilts that our Mom or grandmother made. She was a smoker and they reeked of smoke. I put them in the bathtub and used a quilt cleaner that comes in a cloth bag. I let it soak, rinsed it, sniffed, and did it again. Next day, I rinsed it, sniffed and it still stunk. I rinsed it again and poured a box of baking powder on it, let it soak and rinsed. I am allergic to smoke and I have the most sensitive sniffer ever. I resoaked it in a second box of baking powder and rinsed it and finally it did not smell. I actually thought I was going to have to get rid of them because I did not think the smell would ever come out. Don't give up, just keep soaking it. In the first two washings, the water was so yellow. This took 4-5 days. The quilt still smells good.

I hung mine in my screened in patio for 2-3 days. It worked.

I'd just say wash it and dry it with a Fabric softener sheet.

Fresh air.

Ammonia is the best cleaner of stale cigarette smoke - it degreases and because cigarette smoke leaves an oily residue, the ammonia breaks right through it.

If you want to try it, add 1/4cup to a full cup to your washing machine or bathtub soak and your detergent. Don't mix with chlorine - that's deadly.

I've never had ammonia do anything bad to my fabrics - even my vintage quilt tops came through the washer just fine - fresh and clean and no trace of cigarettes or ammonia.

Ammonia removes some kinds of yellowing and other stains, too. Truly a miracle worker and one of the cheapest cleaners you can buy. :)

don't you just love it...when all else fails go back to the basics...vinegar, baking soda and ammonia....only thing missing is salt and lemon juice....I love using vinegar and baking soda, either one works for just about everything.....

Thanks so much for the information. Always know my quilter friends will have a solution.

I used ammonia at the suggestion of board members and it really did get the smoke smell out. It didn't, however, remove the mildewey smell. I used vinegar and that got out the musty part!