Happiness is a warm quilt
Actually, I think FR has a quilting group. Someone might know who holds that ping list.
Big NO.
I don’t know how I got that in there, just ignore it. Can anyone tell me about the laundry question?
I suppose it depends on the quilt... but one thing I’d say is to make sure the machine is a front loader and is run on the gentlest cycle available.
Of course, being a man I don’t know jack about this stuff... I’m just guessing. :)
Based on the question and the comment, this has a chance to be one of the more interesting threads.
The quilt my great-grandmother made has been through the washing machine more than once, but it will depend on the fabrics in your quilt and how it was made. Check out some of the quilting forums.
just make sure you use the hottest water you can to get it a clean as possible so you dont have to do it twice. Some bleach will disinfect it too.
dont waste time drying it too long- use the highest setting
It depends.....:)
what is it made of?
How old is it?
I have 2 handmade quilts made of cotton that I wash in cold water and tumble dry low.
I have another made of cotton that was not prewashed that I only dry clean.
I have a few old quilts (50+ years) that I only dry clean because the washing machine could be the death toll to them.
If you would be devastated to have something happen to them, I would have them professinally dry cleaned and a respected dry cleaners.
If it is a modern quilt — yes. If it is an antique quilt (before 1950) be very careful.
Go to a laundromat and rent an extra large sized machine and put just one quilt in it. The dryer might be a different question. Carefully load it into a basket when still wet and take it home to lay it on the grass, or over a clean picnic table, on a sunny day and allow it to dry flat.
Maybe you need a different dry cleaner? I have a dry cleaner I prefer over others in the neighborhood for that reason — this cleaner cleans better than the others.
By the way, I have a top loader washer...unless there was some doubt about the washability of the garment, I’ve never had a problem with a top loader ruining my stuff. I always set it on the gentlest cycle though.
Do you know what it is made of and if the fabric was washed before construction? You are usually pretty safe washing them as long as the fabric was washed before constrution and it doesn’t have a lot of red fabric in it. I put my quilts in the washer all of the time. Use a frontloader, cold water and a handwash cycle. Use Ivory dishsoap instead of detergent it won’t strip the color. Lay it flat to dry better to wait for a warm sunny day and lay a sheet in the grass.
R U SERIES?
Is this a space quilt?
and we all have time for the quilt
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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.
I’ve washed very delicate items with the “hand wash” option on my front loading washer.
No chlorine bleach — non-chlorine if you feel you just — I use baking soda.
I did that once, not knowing what to do for the same problem as you. Tore my quilt, the one my grandmother made me.
So that’s a no. If it’s stain, spot treat it. If it’s odor, let it spend the day out in the sun on a clothes line (or across a swing set like I do now) and the sun with sanitize it. We did this after a fire that didn’t burn my quilts, but just had the smoke smell to them. After a day of sun, they were just fine.