Grandma Peg

Thanks for the advice never thought of it. Have never used them and have used old phone books,.

nativetexan

i was just thinking today of how the clothing in department stores used to absoutely stink on the racks. luckily the smell would wash out but i didn't do a lot of shopping in stores that had all that scent!!

GreatStarter

Thank you for speaking out Monroe! I am highly allergic to most soaps, any type of scents, and many, many other things that most people can not imagine. Just because it's been washed doesn't completely remove all chemicals. What might be ok after washing for some people can be very dangerous for another. It terrifies me everytime someone mentions how they use the scented starchs or other fragrances when they give a gift quilt. And also know I would not tell someone I was reacting to their gift as I wouldn't want to offend them. But the biggest fear is what was mentioned, a person might be reacting to the used softener sheet inside a quilt and have no idea that is what is causing their heath issues. Sorry if this offends anyone, but I hope we might be saving someone from a bad reaction that could hurt them medically.

Kat

w7sue

I had never thought about this as an issue - and I have a child who is very sensitive to scents - the few I have made have had the sheets put through the dryer many times - use them until they are useless - then iron them between newspaper to get the oils out of them.

I am glad that I have only made a couple of them and will rethink using them in the future. I know that it might seem like a small thing to some people, but to others it may not.

Personally, I don't use dryer sheets anymore since my Maytag book says not to, evidently they aren't good for our dryers - who would have thought ...

QandE2010

That makes perfect sense. Thanks for sharing.

hperttula123

Thanks for sharing. I don't use the dryer sheets at all(not even in the dryer).

MadQuilter

I use used dryer sheets to clean my iron.

wolph33

that is the only thing I use dryer sheets for.

LMB

You are soooo right! I made a little quilted set for my grandbaby... two little oven mitts and pot holders... she broke out so bad. We went nuts trying to figure it out till my daughter said Mom did you dry those with dryer sheets???
Then it hit me like a brick.//// I told her to throw them away and I would make her better ones. I felt sooo bad. Some people are just not able to stand the perfume in the sheets. That was so long ago I had almost forgotten about it. Thank you for posting the heads up.

jaciqltznok

light weight plain pellon interfacing works great as well!