Broadcloth Fabric?
#11
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broadcloth comes in many different fiber contents/weights
is the one you are looking at cotton?
does it seem as heavy as the kona? since broadcloth is often heavier fabric a lightweight one may be just fine-can you see through it? the cotton lightweight broadclothes i have are heavier than my bleached muslin- and work just fine-
i don't really care for the poly broadclothes- but that's just a choice-
no reason to not take advantage of a great price-if it is as good as muslin-or better...i would think it would be- just the nature of broadcloth---
is the one you are looking at cotton?
does it seem as heavy as the kona? since broadcloth is often heavier fabric a lightweight one may be just fine-can you see through it? the cotton lightweight broadclothes i have are heavier than my bleached muslin- and work just fine-
i don't really care for the poly broadclothes- but that's just a choice-
no reason to not take advantage of a great price-if it is as good as muslin-or better...i would think it would be- just the nature of broadcloth---
#13
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In Canada, broadcloth often refers to a poly/cotton blend solid coloured fabric which I don't want in my quilts. It's the stuff many quilters used in the 1970's and 1980's before solid 100% cotton fabrics were available. I find that I rarely use solid colours in my quilting (black being the exception). I'd far rather use a mottly, tone-on-tone, speckled, blender small print fabric that "reads" like a solid. These fabrics seem to give more life and movement to your quilt. These are also the fabrics that I didn't know that you needed when I started quilting. I always thought of them as the bland boring fabrics not realizing their value. Lately that's the only kind of fabric I buy as I have enough of the "wow" stuff to last a very long time.
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I am very careful when buying white. I don't want the shadow of the other colors showing through. I just layer it and make sure the white is heavy enough to cover the colors. I love quilts with bright colors and white, sometimes white on white, but don't want the seams to show through. I wouldn't use something that says lightweight. JMHO
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I just looked on the Fabric.com site in the quilting department. The Kona cotton they are calling broadcloth is their quilting solid at 4.3 ounces a yard made by Robert Kaufman. The same stock number is on the white cotton in the apparel department, but this the white you want no matter which department you order from. CI-323
#16
Hi! Definitely Kona snow or any of the Kona. They are Kaufman fabrics. Yes, it is sometimes called broad cloth but it is very nice fabric. Not like the other broad clothes out there. If you want white on white get some good quality made by a manufacture that makes quilt fabric.
http://www.fabricdepot.com/index.php...age&pageid=181
http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/Item...Solids--m-1755
http://www.fabric.com/quilting-fabri...na-cotton.aspx
I prefer the Kona solid snow for 1930 quilts and some of the more modern style quilts. Some the other like bone are nice for Civil war reproducation quilts. I personally do not use the true white as I find it too stark.
What would you recommend hun? If you have a link to your favorite white fabric handy I would really appreciate that.
http://www.fabricdepot.com/index.php...age&pageid=181
http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/Item...Solids--m-1755
http://www.fabric.com/quilting-fabri...na-cotton.aspx
I prefer the Kona solid snow for 1930 quilts and some of the more modern style quilts. Some the other like bone are nice for Civil war reproducation quilts. I personally do not use the true white as I find it too stark.
Originally Posted by mitzs
Originally Posted by Annaquilts
Don't take the light weight or broadcloth. I saw that some is not 100% cotton either. It is not just light weight (thin) but feels like it is scratchy too.
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Thank you for the advice and the links on the white cotton. I was eyeing that snow white, but thought I should just get the plain white. I think I have changed my mind again and will go with that snow white instead! I am so excited to start collecting fabric. :)
Originally Posted by Annaquilts
Hi! Definitely Kona snow or any of the Kona. They are Kaufman fabrics. Yes, it is sometimes called broad cloth but it is very nice fabric. Not like the other broad clothes out there. If you want white on white get some good quality made by a manufacture that makes quilt fabric.
http://www.fabricdepot.com/index.php...age&pageid=181
http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/Item...Solids--m-1755
http://www.fabric.com/quilting-fabri...na-cotton.aspx
I prefer the Kona solid snow for 1930 quilts and some of the more modern style quilts. Some the other like bone are nice for Civil war reproducation quilts. I personally do not use the true white as I find it too stark.
What would you recommend hun? If you have a link to your favorite white fabric handy I would really appreciate that.
http://www.fabricdepot.com/index.php...age&pageid=181
http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/Item...Solids--m-1755
http://www.fabric.com/quilting-fabri...na-cotton.aspx
I prefer the Kona solid snow for 1930 quilts and some of the more modern style quilts. Some the other like bone are nice for Civil war reproducation quilts. I personally do not use the true white as I find it too stark.
Originally Posted by mitzs
Originally Posted by Annaquilts
Don't take the light weight or broadcloth. I saw that some is not 100% cotton either. It is not just light weight (thin) but feels like it is scratchy too.
#19
Originally Posted by mitzs
Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn
I much prefer the Kona. Broad cloth is thin and often the cheaper it is, the thinner it is. Almost to the point of being sheer. I don't care for it because usually the batting will show through it if it is a light color. For quality and overall satisfaction with your finished product, I would choose the Kona. IMHO
Thank you ladies. I appreciate all the feedback!
I don't really, and never did have a "basic " stash. If I found a fabric I loved, I would purchase it and build around it for whatever pattern I was going to use. Hope this helps a little.
peace
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broadcloth is not a useful word in describing fabric.
Many companies make a quality quilt quality white fabric.
Kona is a bit heavier than some others but there are many whites that will be suitable. Feel it and then decide. Kona aparantly makes two - Pimacotton which is a tighter weave and their regular Kona cotton.
Many companies make a quality quilt quality white fabric.
Kona is a bit heavier than some others but there are many whites that will be suitable. Feel it and then decide. Kona aparantly makes two - Pimacotton which is a tighter weave and their regular Kona cotton.
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