Happiness is a warm quilt
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Posted on 03/26/2010 9:35:35 AM PDT by SMARTY
I have to get my favorite quilt cleaned and I don't want it to go to the dry cleaners. They never really get things clean.
Can I put it in the washing machine?
It is not hand made, but I like it. I was thinking it would stand up to the gentle cycle.
I took a quilt to the laundromat once and brought it right back home. There was some guy three putting a filthy rug from the floor of his truck into the machine.
I made a mistake and somehow the wrong thin got in the post.
I know that 1950 doesn't seem very old, but in the quilt world that is generally the dividing date. Probably because of the fabrics. Before 1950, many fabrics often were not color fast. Also, people were not always particular about the fiber content. Once rayon was created and distributed widely, quilters used the colorful rayon blends in their work. Rayon and rayon blend fabrics do NOT hold up well in the wash, particularly when combined with fabrics of different blends.
I’m thinking Knitting A Conundrum might be of help with an answer.
and we all have time for the quilt
http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2010/03/breaking-north-korea-fires-on-south.html
Ugh! I was just thinking that you would be able to find a large machine there. On second thought, plan to pay to run the machine through a cycle with soap and nothing in it first, if you think it might be that dirty.
That might work-but it sounds like I can’t put it in the dryer.
I want it to be fluffy and soft.
Hand wash and line dry.
Too bad Billy Mays is gone he could help you out.
but seriously My Dry cleaner will launder as well and is good at quilts bedspreads etc.
You can also fill up your bathtub with warm water and mild soap and soak and agitate the quilt by hand. But it’s hard to get all the soap out afterwards.
A modern quilt should be fine in your washing machine on a gentle cycle. Just be sure to inspect it first and repair anything that is coming apart.
Did you say it was machine quilted? Should be fine.
No line dry. Dry flat.
LOL!
I’ve washed very delicate items with the “hand wash” option on my front loading washer.
It is machine made. I think I’ll try it in the machine on the gentle cycle using mild soap.
I wnat to put it in the dryer, at least for a short time.
A machine made quilt of modern construction should be fine in your washer and dryer on the gentle cycles. The dryer will pucker it, but that just improves the texture. The dryer will be easier on it than line drying, or dragging the quilt around wet.
You can half dry it in the dryer and then lay it flat to dry the rest of the way. Lay it on a clean carpet in an unused room (no kids or dogs on it while drying the rest of the way). Should be great. Let us know how it comes out.
I’m jumping in the shower now; let me know how it turns out.
(actually I am interested in the quilt question)
Ricky, is that you ... you got some splainin' to do.
I have a nice wedding ring quilt given to me by my step-grandma about 15 years ago. I have a top loading washer that has no agitator in the middle (it’s one of those fancy computerized ones with a bunch of cycles for everything). I wash that quilt in there from time to time and have not had a single problem with it harming the construction or fabric.
You, my dear, are NEVER getting close to my laundry! Please take this the kindest way possible and (as my husband does) an excuse not to become involved with it. ;-)
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