quilting with fashion fabric?
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quilting with fashion fabric?
Just thought I'd toss this question out there. Do you or can you quilt with fashion fabrics? I have a bunch of scrap pieces of fabrics left over from making clothing, mainly knits and polyesters. Can you use these to quilt with? I hate to see any fabric go to waste, so I'm trying to find a creative way to use them. I imagine the flimsier fabrics would need to be heavily starched or interfaced to work with. Any thoughts?
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Sure you can! You can make a quilt out of anything you can sew through. I still have some quilts my grandmother made me from old double knit fabrics! Use silks, corduroys, wools, polyesters, etc. just watch your iron setting if you use polyesters, silks etc!
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Of course you can. Some fabrics may need stabilizer (silk, t-shirts, some rayons and some poly). If you are using something that can't be washed, you should use it in a wall hanging or something that won't be washed. I have used home dec in quilts. I have used silk and silky poly in quilted pillow covers (left over from DMIL's clothes). I have also used ultra suede (also clothing scraps) in quilts.
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Go for it!
I personally like to keep the heavier fabrics in one quilt and the flimsier in a separate one just because in general it's easier to work with that way.
Although you could have a really pretty cathedral window one using the heavier fabrics for the "frames" and the flimsy for the windows.
Have fun and show us pictures when you get done!
I personally like to keep the heavier fabrics in one quilt and the flimsier in a separate one just because in general it's easier to work with that way.
Although you could have a really pretty cathedral window one using the heavier fabrics for the "frames" and the flimsy for the windows.
Have fun and show us pictures when you get done!
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