Originally Posted by Jean Bug
My mother in law was a fantastic quilter. Picked out beautiful color combinations, excellent piecing; however, she bought the cheapest fabric she could find. Didn't matter if they were 100% cotton or whatever. We are paying for that now. It is such a shame to see these beautiful quilts fall apart at the seams because they fray so easily. My quilting is no where near the quality of hers, but I do make sure that it is 100% cotton and the best quality I can afford, even for baby quilts - they are washed alot more than bed quilts.
She started quilting late in life and did not think her quilting was good enough to warrant good fabric. It wasn't because she couldn't afford it, she didn't realize how good of a quilter she was even though we all tried to convince her