How do I know if it's real?
06-30-2014, 06:33 AM
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I have a beautiful quilt my mother made using a combination of cotton and polyester. She liked the poly because it did not wrinkle. Mom machine stitched and hand quilted all of her quilts. The problem I find is that poly requires a lower heat for pressing. I also have trouble keeping seams accurate as the poly slides. That said, I use it church mission quilts which are made up of squares and tied. I have found some great fabric for mission quilts on my guild's free table.
06-30-2014, 10:01 AM
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07-01-2014, 03:46 AM
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please, please, please don't forget to have a water source close by when you do the burn test. some things can flare up so quickly that you can get burned if you're not careful! even a few threads can burn you if they melt, and drip on your skin. (sorry. we can retire, but the nurse never quits...) and yes, i do the burn test. don't ask me how i know about little drips from threads...
You don't set a whole yard on fire! You take a small snip and hold it with tweezers over an ashtray or the sink. And you certainly shouldn't be holding it over your hand.
07-02-2014, 06:40 AM
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nope--not a whole yard! it was only a snippet, but it flared up so completely that i jumped, and a droplet hit my hand! (i don't just quilt--but do renaissance costuming, as well. sometimes the most lovely fabric is foreign, and unlabeled--and inquiring minds want to know!
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