Look what I found!!!!!
06-22-2014, 04:51 AM
#31
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Illinois
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Is it possible that the Log Cabin was made of ribbons from a florist's shop? I've seen some gorgeous projects made from those ribbons. Some families collect the ribbons as from funeral displays and recycle into some meaningful projects.
06-22-2014, 06:31 AM
#36
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Hope I'm not too late but wash that quilt!! If it falls apart, it falls apart. As said previously, mouse urine carries diseases. That's not an if!! It is a fact. The Hantavirus kills.
[h=2]Outlook (Prognosis)[/h]Hantavirus is a serious infection that gets worse quickly. Lung failure can occur and may lead to death. Even with aggressive treatment, more than half of people who have this disease in their lungs die.
[h=2]Outlook (Prognosis)[/h]Hantavirus is a serious infection that gets worse quickly. Lung failure can occur and may lead to death. Even with aggressive treatment, more than half of people who have this disease in their lungs die.
06-22-2014, 07:00 AM
#37
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Horse Country, FL
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I agree with this. We had mousies (my name for them, actually it should be 'destroyers') in our utility room and they got in my fabric. It has ALL been washed or thrown out because of the chance of disease. After washing, I ran some old towels with bleach through the washer. The smell before washing was pretty bad. I would try to air these out as a bare minimum before working on them. There's a product that will get the stains out without harming the fabric. Good luck. Share when you're done!
06-22-2014, 07:03 AM
#38
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Location: Beautiful Briery Mountain in WV
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I hope you 'poke around' some more in the old house. I once found a box of blocks and an unfinished old wool crazy in the attic of a half collapsed old home. Remarkably the mice and squirrels had not been able to get into the box.
06-22-2014, 11:03 AM
#40
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Tx
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never wash a unquilted top!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did that and now have to get the courage up to redomany, many of the pieces.tiny hexagons as it is a king size grandmothers flower garden, hand pieced.... what a nightmare!!!!!!!!!! if you must clean it lay it out in a bathtub and just soak it.. hang to dry NO DRYER.. handle with extreme care.. please do not make the mistake I made.. Good luck...
