maybe I should change my user name to thrift shop junkie
05-05-2010, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Candace
Good for you. You know how to burn test for cottons? I do that on fabric I'm not sure about.
05-05-2010, 01:01 PM
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You take a small piece and burn it. If it all turns to ash it's cotton. If there is some twisted hard pieces left there's polyester or some kind of non-cotton material in it. I've tested material I thought was for certain cotton...and it wasn't.
05-05-2010, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Candace
You take a small piece and burn it. If it all turns to ash it's cotton. If there is some twisted hard pieces left there's polyester or some kind of non-cotton material in it. I've tested material I thought was for certain cotton...and it wasn't.
05-05-2010, 07:33 PM
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You are so lucky! I keep hitting the thrift stores in the different towns I visit weekly to see clients, and they just don't seem to have fabric. Did get a 1/2 gallon plastic bag of nice sized moda fabric scraps for 50 cents, but then went and spend $$$ on coordinating fabrics so I would have enough to make something....I think I defeated the savings... :shock:
05-05-2010, 07:56 PM
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I used to be able to find tons of fabric but the other quilter and even the omish discovered my secret. So now I am finding less and less but I will still keep looking.
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