Chytayzie

My sister has given me material that she wants me to use for some of the blades in a dresden plate quilt. The blades will be 5.5" long.

One material is rather thin. How would it work to iron that material to a thin interface to help strengthen the blades? Any other suggestions would also be helpful. Thanks.

QuiltnNan

i agree on the thin fusible interfacing

nativetexan

yes, they will all feel the same then.

JustAbitCrazy

That's what I do with a thin fabric I want to use, or to prevent shadowing behind a muslin or white fabric----thin fusible on the backside before cutting. It drives me crazy how see-through today's white fabrics are, even from the lqs, and at the current prices. We shouldn't have to go to that added expense and trouble if you ask me.

Faintly Artistic

My favorite solid white is bed sheets. Just feel them before buying. They are generally much more opaque, and much less expensive! I just have to make sure they aren't super high thread count as I hand quilt most of my quilts. If I'm going to machine quilt, it's not as big a deal.

D.Henson

Great idea Faintly Artictic!

Jingle

I try never to buy thin quilting fabric.

ptquilts

There is so much work in a quilt, it is false economy to use "cheap" fabrics that will fall apart after a while. I agree with the interfacing, if you have to use it.

quilterpurpledog

It is important to keep all of the fabrics used in a quilt about the same quality. If fabrics are significantly different in quality they will behave differently (shrinkage) and distort the elements of the quilt. Also, the wear pattern can be a problem. Adding fusible interfacing to some blades in the pattern will add to possible problems. My suggestion would be to add interfacing to all of the blades so they all behave as a unit.

Chytayzie

Thanks everyone for the help.