Originally Posted by trif
Originally Posted by maryjoan
Many of you wonderful quilters have used sheets for a backing. Please, do not use a good one with over 300 thread count. My machine and myself made it through the quilting process but it was a lesson learned. Of course, you do not want a sheet that is too thin either. Good luck, God bless all of you and, of course, MERRY CHRISTMAS. Quilting Joan
I have never used sheets and have been told the above in the past, now I'm curious, anyone know the thread count of our usual cotton fabric?, now that I think of it, it's usually much softer than the less expensive sheets, just curious.
My quilt tops are usually batik which is a higher thread count. My quilter doesn't seem to mind if the backing is batik or a sheet.