Washing Old Quilt tops

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01-02-2011, 12:11 PM

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Mattee

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If it's an individual block or small piece that is dirty, those can be washed in a small container, or even the bathtub. You just soak and hand-agitate or rub at the stains as needed. The fabric edges shouldn't unravel much, if at all, that way. Ask me how I know. ;)

01-02-2011, 12:19 PM

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grammy17

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Originally Posted by Airwick156

Im hoping that it isnt mold. What do you do if maybe they are just water stained? Is there something I could do for that?

My mom used to wash linens and put lemon juice on the stains and lay them out on the grass at night to catch the morning dew and leave it for the sun to dry. That taks out lots of stains.

01-02-2011, 12:38 PM

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morelcabin

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Quote:

Originally Posted by grammy17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Airwick156

Im hoping that it isnt mold. What do you do if maybe they are just water stained? Is there something I could do for that?

My mom used to wash linens and put lemon juice on the stains and lay them out on the grass at night to catch the morning dew and leave it for the sun to dry. That taks out lots of stains.

You are sooo right about this...I forgot about this trick. You know it may really help with mold if there is any on it.

01-02-2011, 06:00 PM

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lclang

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I have a bunch of old quilt blocks and I will not try to wash them until they are assembled into a quilt and quilted so they won't ravel or become wampyjawed.