Oh.. I will try that. They are so hard to clean!

I would never hang my quilts out in the sunshine...it can fade them...Just my opinion

How inconsiderate of this longarmer! You should at least tell her and give her the opportunity to change this situation before losing future business from you and your possible referrals.

I had to laugh at this one. I quit smokin over 25 years ago and now that is one of the things I am most allergic to and I cannot be in the same room with a smoker.

When I was young most of my friends smoked. They tried to get me to smoke. But I thought it tasted bad so never started. Considering how hard it was for them to quit years later I'm glad I never started.

I'm sure smokers don't realize how awful it smells. Sometimes a family member of a patient reeks of smoke, and I feel sick the whole shift at work. Then they act surprised when they get instructed on the dangers of second hand smoke to newborns by every nurse and doctor, like "how did they know?". So I doubt they realize. I don't even wear perfume to work for fear of annoying others. My brother just quit after 18 years and I still tear up saying so, like I've been given more years with him, God willing. I'd wash the quilt, try to hang it outside, maybe pack it in a box with odor absorbers. Sorry for your dilemma, good luck!

I used to smoke when I was in college - it was cool back then. When I got married my husband (who did not smoke) finally said to me - don't you know you smell like %#!+. I guess I didn't realize it then, but I never smoked after that. I do think smoking alters your taste buds. We have a lady here at work that smokes and whenever she brings a dish for potluck, no one touches it because it's so salty.

I recently bought fabric from someone on the board that smelled like smoke. I dampened a dryer sheet and put it all in the dryer for a few minutes. Took the smell away.

I used to work at a dry cleaner even after going thru the dry cleaning process clothes of smokers still smelled it never came out some reeked so bad we sprayed them with a clothing deoderizer

Definitely tell the longarmer that although you're satisfied with her work, you're not happy that the quilt smelled of smoke, and you won't be using her services again. Even if she has heard this before, she should hear it again.

If using all of these ideas don't work,try Febreeze.

I bought my stepfather's van after he died. He was a very heavy smoker and I never thought I would be able to drive that van. I have asthma, allergies, and can't stand the smell of smoke. DH said to give him a chance to clean it up. He used 4 or 5 bottles of Febreeze in the van and the smoke smell was entirely gone from the van.