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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;buyjunksellantiques, post: 64113, member: 658&quot;]I know an answer for this one too!!! Whoo hoo! &lt;giggle&gt; Call your local Quilt Shop, and ask them for the products that they sell to launder old and newer quilts. They will have a wealth of info for you. But the draw back ... washing an old OLD quilt is a &quot;hope for the best, but plan for the worst&quot; endeavor. I have dozens of Civil War era quilts and quilt tops and I wash them. I use a bar of soap called &quot;Zote&quot; for stains. I use Zote for all of my fine washables, Woolite works too, and so does Ivory Soap cake and Ivory Snow Baby Detergent (Dreft is another good one). Never, EVER use &quot;Shout&quot; or &quot;Spray and Wash&quot;. They will eat your quilt like a moth on a wool binge!</p><p>First, get a large, lawn and leaf quality garbage bag. You will need it to&nbsp; transport the wet quilt. I put the quilt in the bathtub in COLD water (Dark Woolite works if you are a Woolite user for the red and black fabrics in an antiquated quilt). Get soaking wet, then drain the water but don&#039;t wring out the quilt, keep it soaking wet! Spread the wet quilt out as much as you can and I use the Zote for the spots, and drizzle Ivory Snow on top of the quilt. Then GENTLY roll the wet quilt like you&#039;d roll dough to make a snake to cut into cinnamon rolls; a lot of the water will be squeezed out. Put the dripping quilt in the garbage bag and put it in your washing machine (dump the water in the bag from the wet quilt in the washer too). Set the wash and rinse and SPIN cycles on the gentlest setting your machine has and fill the tub on it&#039;s highest level. Put whatever soap you chose to use, and set it to go. That&#039;s how I do it. I hang my quilts outside till they are damp dry and tumble dry the remaining time on a LOW setting on your dryer.</p><p>I hope I contributed some help for you. This is how I do it and I have no problems with fraying.</p><p>If&nbsp; you have a quilt with damaged fabric, use a large nylon netting type of laundry keeper (you&#039;ve seen them I&#039;m sure, they have a drawstring closure?) and wash your quilt in the washer bundled inside the netting. Dry it that way too. It&#039;ll for the most part, keep your quilt intact throughout the washing.</p><p>JoAnn ... I buy junk and sell antiques![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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