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(More customer reviews)This book, published in 2005, has been out of print for some time now. Quilter's Muse Publications decided to reissue the book as Straight Talk About Quilt Care II, an e-book with 123 pages, 22 chapters, 82 photos, and 8 graphics. The e-book has expanded topics and updated contact information for people and products mentioned, additional photos, and more. The e-book is available at: [...] The customer can print out pages of the e-book, as desired, for personal, home use.
The original print book will never be in print again, and much of its information has been surpassed due to changes of product lines, etc.
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Straight Talk about Quilt Care provides an overview of ways to preserve and protect quilts and other textiles to ensure their maximum longevity. The book concentrates on presentinginformation known in the past only to museum curators and professional conservationists. For all of those individuals who have ever wondered abouthow to clean, display, or store their grandmother's quilt in a home setting, and keep the item safe from moths, mildew, rodents, and other potential damage factors, such as light damage, this book is the one to have available for ready reference.Procedures for washing, plus an indepth look at various cleaning agents are discussed. The author adds many instructive "tales" that she has personally witnessed, as examples of what not to do in caring for textiles.
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