arcadia quilt (or: a quilt only a mother can love..)

i finished the arcadia quilt today!

a detailed shot

the backing in a very tasty chocolate-brown with a vertical stripe of arcadia-scraps combined with an off-orange binding



here is a picture of the whole quilt-sandwich laying out on the floor, taped and pinned with more than 300 pins

an even another step befor that: the backing plus the batting, both taped like mad to the floor to keep it straight



and here´s the part "only a mother can love": i obviously did something seriously wrong, probably the washing, because this is part of the lint i scraped of off the quilt with dry rubber gloves on. and there´s some left.. it looked and still looks sooo bad on the dark backing!!

 

the batting is a light, fluffy (!) wool/poly blend which i should have washed in the delicate or wool cycle.

arghh!! this is so sad, i hope i can get it cleaned of this but i am afraid those fussel will come back after every washing..

any ideas anyone??