ckcowl

broadcloth comes in many different fiber contents/weights
is the one you are looking at cotton?
does it seem as heavy as the kona? since broadcloth is often heavier fabric a lightweight one may be just fine-can you see through it? the cotton lightweight broadclothes i have are heavier than my bleached muslin- and work just fine-
i don't really care for the poly broadclothes- but that's just a choice-
no reason to not take advantage of a great price-if it is as good as muslin-or better...i would think it would be- just the nature of broadcloth---

snow

Kona. I get it @ joeann's with coupons and also hobby lobby has a lot of kona always 30% off and you can use the 40% coupon instead of taking their 30%. I always keep white and black and tan.

Shelbie

In Canada, broadcloth often refers to a poly/cotton blend solid coloured fabric which I don't want in my quilts. It's the stuff many quilters used in the 1970's and 1980's before solid 100% cotton fabrics were available. I find that I rarely use solid colours in my quilting (black being the exception). I'd far rather use a mottly, tone-on-tone, speckled, blender small print fabric that "reads" like a solid. These fabrics seem to give more life and movement to your quilt. These are also the fabrics that I didn't know that you needed when I started quilting. I always thought of them as the bland boring fabrics not realizing their value. Lately that's the only kind of fabric I buy as I have enough of the "wow" stuff to last a very long time.

susie-susie-susie

I am very careful when buying white. I don't want the shadow of the other colors showing through. I just layer it and make sure the white is heavy enough to cover the colors. I love quilts with bright colors and white, sometimes white on white, but don't want the seams to show through. I wouldn't use something that says lightweight. JMHO
Sue

irishrose

I just looked on the Fabric.com site in the quilting department. The Kona cotton they are calling broadcloth is their quilting solid at 4.3 ounces a yard made by Robert Kaufman. The same stock number is on the white cotton in the apparel department, but this the white you want no matter which department you order from. CI-323

Annaquilts

Hi! Definitely Kona snow or any of the Kona. They are Kaufman fabrics. Yes, it is sometimes called broad cloth but it is very nice fabric. Not like the other broad clothes out there. If you want white on white get some good quality made by a manufacture that makes quilt fabric.

http://www.fabricdepot.com/index.php...age&pageid=181


http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/Item...Solids--m-1755

http://www.fabric.com/quilting-fabri...na-cotton.aspx

I prefer the Kona solid snow for 1930 quilts and some of the more modern style quilts. Some the other like bone are nice for Civil war reproducation quilts. I personally do not use the true white as I find it too stark.

mitzs

Thank you for the advice and the links on the white cotton. I was eyeing that snow white, but thought I should just get the plain white. I think I have changed my mind again and will go with that snow white instead! I am so excited to start collecting fabric. :)

mitzs

Thank you everyone for all the input. The Kona I am looking at is 100% cotton. You guys helped to anwser a lot of my questions and things to make sure I take note of when looking at fabric. Big hugs to you all!!

ube quilting

Try going to connecting threads. They have their own brand of fabric, made in America and many pattern lines to choose from. This will help give you some ideas.
I don't really, and never did have a "basic " stash. If I found a fabric I loved, I would purchase it and build around it for whatever pattern I was going to use. Hope this helps a little.
peace

Holice

broadcloth is not a useful word in describing fabric.
Many companies make a quality quilt quality white fabric.
Kona is a bit heavier than some others but there are many whites that will be suitable. Feel it and then decide. Kona aparantly makes two - Pimacotton which is a tighter weave and their regular Kona cotton.