How to Quilt: Soak Wash, Jacqueline Sava

Who Else Has Treasured Heirloom Quilts to Clean?

Jacqueline Sava, President of Soak, tells us about this rinse-free, fiber-friendly cleasner that is perfect for keeping your quilts clean and fresh.

Greetings Quilter -

Whether your quilt is brand new or a hundred years old, at some point, it will need to be cleaned.

I have more than one horror story about washing quilts. I thought I was perfectly safe washing a quilt with poly-cotton batting and cotton fabric. Boy, was I surprised when it came out of the wash all shrively. That was before I even thought of putting it in the dryer.

I fully expected that my quilts with wool batting wouldn't survive the washer and dryer. It's just that I forgot the quilt had wool batting in it. And, it ended up 1/3 it's original size.

Then there was the quilt - - well, I won't bore you with any more of my quilt horror stories, because maybe you can add your own.

Before I heard Sharyn Craig and other professional quilters talk about how they use and wash their quilts, frankly, I was afraid to wash any more of my quilts - for fear that they would all end up getting worn out and barely last a generation. Let alone shrivel up and look weird.

The real point is that if I used Soak, these things wouldn't have happened to any of my quilts.

Soak is a rinse-free solution that is perfect for washing hand-made quilts, your laciest lingerie, your softest sweaters, and even baby clothes. Soak is gentle and comes in scent-free as well as scented formulas with fabric-friendly ingredients that revitalize fibers so they look great and last longer.

Soak has been an absolute hit with knitters (and wearers of knitted things), but it has also drawn a following of crafters (like quilters, cross-stitchers and weavers) as well as people who hand-wash their clothes.

Their gentle, fiber-friendly cleanser, formulated for today’s sophisticated sensibilities, is now being sold in a variety of boutiques, shows and crafters’ shops across the US and Canada.

Recently, Jacqueline Sava, President of Soak, joined us for an Eavesdrop on a Telephone Conversation. During the Conversation, she talked about:

how to use Soak to safely clean our treasured heirloom quilts
whether we can expect outstanding results using Soak with our wool, cotton, silk and polyester quilts
what other fabrics we can use Soak on
whether it is true that you can wash the family dog or stuffed teddy bear with Soak

This wase an interesting and fun-filled conversation! Jacqueline has a delightful sense of humor and is full of great information about we can care for our quilts so they last longer and stay clean and fresh.

You can listen to a clip of the call: