Smells

[stitch addicted]

I thought I would ask here before I give them to someone else who does care about the smell. Does anyone know how to get the smell of cigarette smoke out of paper?
A very nice lady gave me all her cross stitch patterns. I was so exicted,until I opened the bag, I am very sensitive to smoke.

[bookknurd]

My mom says that placing them in a bag with a carbon filter of some kind can help eliminate the odor. I did this with a book that was from a smoking home and it did help minimize the smell, though it didn't completely get rid of it.

[backafteradozenyrs]

Sprinkle some baking soda on/in/around them & seal them in a ziplock bag. Place in a sunny spot in your house in the morning & then shake it all out that evening. (I won't tell y'all how I found that one out....but it really does work!)

[Dragonrider]

I found this online a while back and it seems to have done the trick.

Don't ask me how I know this, but charcoal briquettes will even take the smell of spoiled turkey out of a freezer that was accidentally unplugged and not discovered for 2 months! Just put a layer of briquettes into a bin, add a layer of newspaper over the top, and lay your paper on it. You can add more newsprint if you want and another layer of briquettes. Believe me when I say if it worked for my fiasco, it will work for yours!

Baking soda, cat litter and coffee are all things that should work too as they all absorb odour and moisture to a certain degree. (not having a cat and being allergic to coffee I haven't tried those)
Hope one of these helps

[stitch addicted]

Thanks everyone!!!
I'm going to try and save these patterns.

[fccs]

I hope the tips work. If not, you can always have copies made and work off the copies...but that doesn't help when you just want to browse and admire your stash. Plus, you can't really put it with your other starsh...so I say again, I hope the tips work.

[Mary Kay]

Put dryer sheets in a bag with them. Also putting them outside to air out helps. I have a friend who did both with things she received that smelled of smoke because she's allergic to it, she rotated these two and it worked for her.

[stitchingmae]

i was going to say dryer sheets
at worst you could always spray a little bit of freebreeze but you risk the ink running....

[guenever]

i know it's paper--but i wonder if febreeze wouldn't help or lysol. i have lysoled and febreezed papers from really gross students and it wrinkles the paper a bit but doesn't ruin it.

[Mystonique]

Sprinkle some baking soda on/in/around them & seal them in a ziplock bag. Place in a sunny spot in your house in the morning & then shake it all out that evening. (I won't tell y'all how I found that one out....but it really does work!)

I second this suggestion.