Well, I got the double wedding ring quilt today. Pretty speedy delivery I'd say! There are several holes and discolorations in the quilt that did not show in the picture. She did send me some vintage fabric to finish one of the rings, but I'm not sure what I will do about the white. There had been straight pins in it, thus rusty spots. All in all it is a very old and pretty quilt. When I figure out how to post, I will do so.
I also received a sweet note from the seller. It's not the end of the world and a good lesson learned. Thanks for all the comments and advise.

so what did you end up paying for it curious minds want to know,
If this is to personal please excuse.

Rit, the dye brand, makes a fabric rust remover

Not too personal at all...I split the difference with her and paid $60.50 plus postage.

Thank you....now if I can fix the holes!

sounds like a good seller.

can't wait to see a photo...love old needy quilts...I love to give them homes...

Me too, but I'm afraid she'll go in my UFO box!

I have used this product before without much luck. You might try searching for other rememdies through google. Hope you get it worked out okay!

Here's another product: Grandma's Secret Spot Remover.

It can be found at your local retail fabric chain stores. I have had success from some unknown source of spots that went throught the wash and the dryer. After several sessions of allowing the product to sit, then rinse, then sit on stain, then rinse, etc. The spot disappeared. Don't dry in the dryer until satisfied with the results. Let air dry before a regular wash and dry cycle.

Pam M

That was a good eBay experience, then. The seller certainly was fair with you.

I would like to see it, too. I love older quilts.

I love Grandma' Secret Spot remover. It can work miracles. My husband got dirty transmission fluid on his khaki work pants and I didn't see the spots until after the pants were washed and dried. I figured they were garbage. But I bought some Grandma's to try and after a couple of times letting the stuff sit on the spots and then washing, the spots were gone. Amazing !

Thanks, I have never seen that around here, but worth searching for, it sounds like!

Grandma's Spot Remover is always at the counter at Hancocks.

Dampen the spot, cover with cream of tartar, tie a string around it to keep it together and damp, let set for a couple hours. It worked for me! You want the CoT to remain pasty

I will try this...thank you

for rust you can try baking soda and lemon juice first..make a paste and use a soft toothbrush....

I remember taking rust out of my white gloves with lemon juice when I was a kid. I just looked it up for you.

http://www.ehow.com/how_18793_remove-rust-fabric.html

I hope you can post a picture!

That makes sense...thank you for finding this for me!

Just curious-why would you accept the quilt with holes and stains that were not disclosed in the auction?

I got all the brown spots out of my great grandma's quilt by soaking it in the bath tub with Amway all purpose bleach. Took the spots out and didn't damage the quilt. Good luck.

Put a generous amount of lemon juice on the rust spots and sprinkle with plain old table salt and lay the quilt in the sun for a little while. The rust will disappear and no harm done to the fabric. I have used this method a number of times over the years, and it works !

Be careful if it is strong enough to remove rust it might remove some color also.

Is there anything that will remove spots made by aging batteries? My husband's aunt gave me a quilt she had made for a daybed where her husband listened to ball games and took his afternoon nap. There are a few spots that she said were from batteries leaking. Fortunately they haven't destroyed the fabric but it is an orangy-brown spot and, of course, on the white blocks!

I got spots out of an antique quilt and used it as a wedding gift...hung it on the clothes line and used a product called ZUD with q-tips to remove the rust...the other spots I used Grandma's Secret ....with a lot of sunshine, the quilt came out beautiful!! took a lot of time also, but was worth it.

My daughter just paid $180 for a grandmothers flower garden quilt from e-bay that is literally falling apart in places!!! But she loves it. So, I know she will keep mine when I die.

Grandma's Spot Remover is also at A C Moore

This receipe I got off Alex Anderson quilt site, 1 gal of wm water, 1 qt of buttermilk, 2 tbl of lemon juice, it will not hurt the fabric at all so you can soak it for hours until the rust spots are gone, you can double or trible or everhow many times need to soak the quilt, rinse well in mild soap and line dry. It will also brighten dull fabric.

It was such an ordeal just to get the bid mess straightened out that when I saw some of the conditions I felt it was better to just try and fix it rather than mail it back. Hard lesson learned. The quilt was pieced very well.

Do you know that if you have a scanner you can scan the parts of the fabric from another part of the quilt that looks like the part that needs repair and then print it out and it will match the piece that you need to replace. Then you just stitch it on. Have not tired this, but I remember getting this tip from a quilting program on TV. Made sense to me. 8-)

You need an inkjet printer for this process...check your printer to be sure you have the right process going on...otheriwise the color will not be "set"

Nice that you worked it out in a way you are happy with. I also bought a precut quilt kit on ebay. HUGH mistake. Blocks were cut including the salvage edge. One group of the center blocks were cut to small....any way rendering it useless. The seller attempted to make some corrections after I left a less than positive feedback. I still don't have what it takes to make this quilt. The fabric is no longer available. I learned my lesson for sure! Wouldn't it be interesting if we had the same seller? things that make you go Hummmmmm!

maybe you can add some applique designs on it where the spots are to hide the stains of rust just a idea

My good friend tells me that tooth paste (white ones, for obvious reasons) will take rust off of things. Try it in a small area?

I must be having brain cramps because I don't understand this process. Sounds like I'm sewing paper to my quilt. Now, I know this isn't right so maybe you can help me to "get it". Thanks

There is specially treated printer fabric out there that is made Permanent as part of the instructions. I believe that you heat 'set' it, somehow. There is also a product that makes it iron on, that may work (?) Call around to big box stores, sewing supply, and /or..."google" 'print on fabric'. The ones you do not want are the ones made for 'dry clean only'. They will have to dry clean the quilt. That leaves some odor in the fabric, (not good to sleep with). Water, on this type printer fabric, washes away the picture. (One mistake, some where in the future, would be just awful. I wouldn't risk it.) Printer ink is water based, and there is a way to make the colors permanent if you use the right product. Good Luck! Don't forget to post pictures. :thumbup: