Gifted fabric - need advice and opinions
#11
mamaw322, I have successfully combined the cottons and poly cotton blends in many quilts. These two I recently made have poly cotton solids in them. http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...ml#post7062476
#13
Don't let the quilt police scare you the best quality does not always mean 100% cotton. The vast majority of people have no idea if the beautiful quilt you gave them is 100% cotton or poly cotton. Hell I bet if you shared a picture of a finished quilt with us no one would look at it and assume that it's not all cotton. While 100% cotton absolutely has its place and makes a beautiful quilt so do other options. I have sen some beautiful works of quilt art where someone has thought outside the box. Not to mention all the quilts our ancesters made using what was available to them. Unless you are making a show quilt to be judged there is no reason to tell anybody your "dirty little secret".
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I've used heavy, tacky 100% poly fabric as batting in tote bags and light summer quilts. I recently used the synthetic fabric which I removed from an old bedspread as batting in a table runner.
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I would have no problem at all getting rid of it. Lots of times I think stuff gets handed down that nobody really wants because people can't just throw it out. The last man standing gets stuck with it all If you want to use it, go ahead and use it, but don't think you're obligated.
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I was given a huge tote of scraps from garment sewing. So far I've made 8 quilts for charity. I did separate the fabric by weight, and will eventually make a quilt from the denim/duck/corduroy scraps. What I'm using now is a mix of cotton and cotton/poly. The quilts are bright and fun, and I'm having fun. Eventually I'll post pictures of some of them.
If I only used high quality quilter's cotton, I would have to throw away most of these scraps. That seems very wasteful. These quilts are all for hospitalized children. They do not have a clue about the fabric content of these quilts. They just know they have something fun to look at and something to cuddle with.
I suspect that if we limited ourselves to only LQS quilting fabric many of us would not be making very many quilts - it's just too expensive. I resent that people suggest that my quilts are not good enough because I haven't used expensive fabric.
If I only used high quality quilter's cotton, I would have to throw away most of these scraps. That seems very wasteful. These quilts are all for hospitalized children. They do not have a clue about the fabric content of these quilts. They just know they have something fun to look at and something to cuddle with.
I suspect that if we limited ourselves to only LQS quilting fabric many of us would not be making very many quilts - it's just too expensive. I resent that people suggest that my quilts are not good enough because I haven't used expensive fabric.
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