Thread: Shredding seams
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Old 06-18-2017, 05:03 PM
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Peckish
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Originally Posted by KalamaQuilts View Post
The poly thread disasers I know about were all posted here. Cotton poly isn't a problem.
I wonder if they were actually using nylon and just believed it was poly. A lot of people confuse the two. And nylon will melt like crazy.

Originally Posted by KalamaQuilts View Post
bottom line is from Superior isn't it? I wonder if they have pretested it in ironed pieced seams?
Yes, it's a Superior product. I have no idea if they've pretested it. I've been using it almost exclusively for piecing and applique for about the last 5 years.

Several years ago I made a blouse from a lovely rayon fabric that had beautiful drape. Washed and wore it once, the side seams frayed. Stitched it back up, wore it again, then a shoulder seam frayed. Showed it to a friend's mom who did tailoring, she advised me to sew French seams and then topstitch them. That did the trick, but I was rather flummoxed that the rayon would fray so easily. It was not loosely woven at all.
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