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#11
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How bad is the smell? a little musty-ness? or worse?
I wouldn't wash the pieced work, for fear of the damage that may result. Start by putting them out in the fresh air and see if that can help. Best if you can lay them singly.
If you have a clothes line, perhaps pin them onto sheets and let hang?
See if that helps freshen them up so you can work on them.
I wouldn't wash the pieced work, for fear of the damage that may result. Start by putting them out in the fresh air and see if that can help. Best if you can lay them singly.
If you have a clothes line, perhaps pin them onto sheets and let hang?
See if that helps freshen them up so you can work on them.
#12
Put some fabric softner sheets in the bag with them I wouldnt wash them in a machine If you must wash do it by hand I have a friend who does everything by hand and she repairs alot of antique quilts she washes them in buttermilk and rinses them several times to take out the odors
#17
Originally Posted by QuiltE
How bad is the smell? a little musty-ness? or worse?
I wouldn't wash the pieced work, for fear of the damage that may result. Start by putting them out in the fresh air and see if that can help. Best if you can lay them singly.
I wouldn't wash the pieced work, for fear of the damage that may result. Start by putting them out in the fresh air and see if that can help. Best if you can lay them singly.
#18
Originally Posted by jayelee
Put some fabric softner sheets in the bag with them I wouldnt wash them in a machine If you must wash do it by hand I have a friend who does everything by hand and she repairs alot of antique quilts she washes them in buttermilk and rinses them several times to take out the odors
I would never have thought to wash anything in buttermilk.. how interesting! Thanks for the tips
#19
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Originally Posted by dancinlady
Originally Posted by jayelee
Put some fabric softner sheets in the bag with them I wouldnt wash them in a machine If you must wash do it by hand I have a friend who does everything by hand and she repairs alot of antique quilts she washes them in buttermilk and rinses them several times to take out the odors
I would never have thought to wash anything in buttermilk.. how interesting! Thanks for the tips
#20
my friend soaks all of her musty smelling quilts that she finds in buttermilk it works wonderfully havent tried it myself she says she puts them in the bathtub overnight sometimes she has to do it a couple of times but not often I would think it would be safer than some other treatments
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