Dina

I tend to quilt with a lot of plain fabrics, and I have finally found the deep teal color that I want, but it is broadcloth. I know I have heard not to use broadcloth to quilt. Is that a pretty firm rule??? And, yes, I know there are no quilt police looking over my shoulder, but is it really that bad an idea?

Thanks for any input.

mhunt1717

I use it all the time!

Aunt Retta

I don't think broadcloth feels the same as cotton feels. I don't want to use it but, I would not tell anyone else not to use it.

ghostrider

Kona Cotton Solids and Moda Bella solids are cotton broadcloths. I use them all the time. Go for it!!

DawnMarie

I've used broadcloth once. It wasn't as soft as other cotton fabrics, but it still worked.

amma

I use Kona all of the time too :D:D:D

Rhonda

When I was making Amish hotpads for the store I sold to I used broadcloth all the time to quilt into quilt blocks for the hotpads. I don't see anything wrong with it. But there are better quaility broadcloths. IF you hold it up and you can see through it and the weave is too see through you don't want to use it.

RkayD

I used to use it alot...until I was ironing it one day and it melted.

ckcowl

why would you not be able to use broadcloth in a quilt? that is news to me, since i have quilts from the 60's that my grandma made that are broadcloth; when it's the color or the weight i want i use it...i had never heard such a thing as that rule...but...
there are no rules! there are no quilt police...you can use anything you want to to make a quilt...and people do

ckcowl

sounds like you bought a polyester broadcloth...i use cotton broadclothes; i'm not a big fan of poly's...i like hot irons