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i'd research the value before i washed it - it could be worth a lot.
posted by
fourcats
on January 22, 2007 at 9:05 PM
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air it out and research the best way to clean it.
Don't do anything to it that will decrease the value--Antiques Roadshow might come your way one day!!
posted by
Julia.
on January 22, 2007 at 10:34 AM
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I wonder how much it would cost to dry clean it??
If you really like it, that might be an alternative to putting it back in your closet. Ohhhh, and moth balls smell nasssssty. I can understans you delemna.
posted by
Joe_Love
on January 21, 2007 at 6:54 PM
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Whacky
Put it back where it belongs, Whacky. I'll bet it is feeling confused and homeless.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 21, 2007 at 3:51 PM
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If you can find one of those side-loading washers at the laundrymat,
you could do a gentle cycle on it, to preserve it best. Woolite, too, is gentle. I've been using my grandma's quilt that she gave me for my birthday, decades ago, and it's due for some repair by now. They won't last forever. That's a fact. But mothballs repels people as well as moths, so you've got to get that smell out before you can either use or make a wall hanging out of it/them....
posted by
WindTapper
on January 21, 2007 at 10:46 AM
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Try washing it.
posted by
Straightforward
on January 21, 2007 at 8:15 AM
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LOL Corbin
posted by
bel_1965
on January 21, 2007 at 7:43 AM
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Bel....Here it is....................
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on January 21, 2007 at 7:38 AM
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Just what is pig chow???
I would consult a professional about cleaning them.
posted by
bel_1965
on January 21, 2007 at 7:32 AM
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Since the quilts are valuable, they should be handled with care!
posted by
A-and-B
on January 21, 2007 at 5:05 AM
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whacky,
it's a fortune!
posted by
richinstore
on January 21, 2007 at 4:19 AM
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A sympathetic dry cleaner
sounds like your best option but only one you would trust with handling such a precious artefact. Thanks also for your comment on my blog.
posted by
malcolm
on January 21, 2007 at 3:54 AM
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Whacky
I'm not sure about that one. I'd probably end up tearing it up trying to get it clean. You might consult with a dry cleaner.
posted by
avant-garde
on January 21, 2007 at 3:42 AM
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WOW
Whacky what a find, I have several that are very old and I wash them in cold water gentle cycle and they come out beautiful...Don't you just love it when you get surprised like that? As Justi says they probably could command high dollar tho~
Is Bo watchin?
posted by
Offy
on January 21, 2007 at 1:12 AM
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Wacky
Sounds great and you have a real collectible on your hands. Both as an adv and a quilt and country quilts and pigs. It is a high dollar quilt
posted by
Justi
on January 20, 2007 at 9:11 PM
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If you want to clean it, I would take it to the drycleaners, but call first to make sure they can clean it and get the smell out of it. I have an antique wool quilt that survived our house fire and it smelled of smoke. The cleaners got the smell out and no damage to it.
posted by
ladyd07
on January 20, 2007 at 9:06 PM
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