Have you noticed a quality difference between older and newer fabricx?
#1
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Have you noticed a quality difference between older and newer fabricx?
WOW -- I just spent most of the morning going through 4 boxes of fabric that I bought pre 2005 and oh is there a difference between most of that and my later fabrics (most are LQS). The feel of most of the fabrics is wonderful -- not stiff and not coarse and they seem to be thicker.
Is this just my imagination or have you noticed it too?
Is this just my imagination or have you noticed it too?
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I do recall reading somewhere that the thread count of cotton has been reduced...and I know that the width, from sshelved ge to self edge has been changed, so you are probably correct in your observation....
#8
My experience seems to be quite different from yours and apparently some others answering here. My older fabric looks and feels much more flimsy than the fabric I have been buying in the last 10 years ..... but then again I have been quilting for over 30 years now.
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