Twisted Quilter

Found a large box labeled 'solids' in my front hall closet that I had completely forgot about buying. Anyway, I bought it last year at a yard sale for $2.00 or $3.00. After opening it, I found a ton of white & beige/ivory color fabric. Each piece is at least 2-3 yards. They're not thin so I'm thinking it's either a good quality fabric, or sheets.

I've heard that it's difficult trying to quilt thru sheets and if so, I didn't want to use them. My question is, how can I tell if they're sheets? :roll:

Thanks.

virtualbernie

Do they have a hem on top and bottom?

justwannaquilt

Well I don't think it has to do with actually being a sheet or not, but acutally depends on the thread count. SO.... Start counting. lol I however have used a sheet for backing and it was not any harder to quilt than using any other quilting fabric for the back. I was quilting by machine, so if you are hand quilting it may be different!

Scrap Happy

You could make a sample block with some of the fabric to see how it quilts.

charity-crafter

Play with it and see if you like how it feels. Make a sample and quilt it how you usually quilt and see if you can work with it.

Twisted Quilter

Duh...I hadn't thought about looking for a hem. I'll go check.

SuziC

I agree. See if it is something you want to work with. I have used sheets many times without any problems. Happy Quilting :thumbup:

bluteddi

I used sheets all the time. I machine quilt.... It woudl be harder to quilt by hand due to the heavy thread count.

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nativetexan

machine quilting should be no problem. only hand quilting might be if sheeting.

virtualbernie

I agree!