madamekelly

This is my recent "wow" find. ($.75!) I have never used 50/50 woven fabric to make a quilt. How do I work with it? I have a young lady in mind who could use the durability in her quilt. Do any of you have any ideas for a different pattern with these shapes? There are 168 of each color. Since it is cotton/polyester, I hope to use it for my first serger quilt. Do I use the polyester setting on my iron? All advice welcomed. [ATTACH=CONFIG]574380[/ATTACH]


I have some polyester that will work color-wise, can or should I mix them?

paintmejudy

What a find! I see no problem with using 50/50 in your quilt. But if you use something else for filler pieces or background, I would use a blend, or if you are using cotton, make sure you prewash and dry the cotton, as the poly doesn't shrink. Yes, use a slightly lower setting to iron.

Tartan

Use a similar blend for the background and use a cooler iron for any ironing. I made several dragger quilts in poly/ cotton blends for children. They are still going strong, don't fade and wash up great.

madamekelly

So there is quilting term for them? Dragger" I like it.

QuiltnNan

just make sure that you don't have your iron all the way hot... the poly will shrink if ironed too hot

Eva Knight

I have mixed cotton and cotton blend in many of my quilts without any problem. I don't pre-wash anything.

Jingle

I mixed cotton and polycotton fabrics years ago. My Son still had a quilt from it. The polycotton and polyester batting out lasted the cotton fabrics by lots of years.

If I ever get most of my cotton fabrics sewed up I plan to make all polycotton quilts.

pennycandy

I don't think I would use a serger to sew those diamond shapes, You might want to test on some scrap fabric to see if you like using the serger for this project.

PBobbin13

With that pattern, you must mark your 1/4" points where everything joins on each diamond and you must stop stitching where those dots meet 1/4" away from the corner. This is not a pattern for a serger as it cannot be done. I just did a Lemoyne star quilt that had 25 12 1/2" star blocks and 80 6 1/2" star blocks and it was a stinker.

Jane Quilter

ok, explain the "Dragger" term for us dummies..................