Smell on top
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A friend of mine found a quilt top (small nine patch scrappy blocks)at a garage sale. It is sewn very nicely and about the size of a queen, although I would like to add a border. But it has obviously been kept in a trunk with moth balls. The smell is VERY strong. How do I get rid of the smell? I will have to do that first before I can work on the quilt--or I will be blowing my head off!
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http://www.ehow.com/how_4453525_get-...all-smell.html
sounds like time, air and warmth is what you need.
sounds like time, air and warmth is what you need.
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My daughter helped me with a table runner. When I got it back it smelled so bad it made me sick to my stomach. (The odor was cigaret smoke and vomit.) My quilt class teacher told me to spray with Fabreze and close it in a plastic bag over night. Next morning the smell was gone!
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Originally Posted by hopetoquilt
This may sound crazy but newspaper is supposed to absorb odor. If all else fails or there is a bit of a smell left, you might want to crumple up newspaper sheets and place them on back of quilt.
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