Originally Posted by bearspaws
Ok, here's a question, I'm working on a Sunbonnet Sue for my daughter that I definitely want to last more than 30 years. I used that polyester pellon stuff to line the back of the applique sue blocks so the embroidery wouldn't show(now I know that I shouldn't have used it but it's too late now), and will join them with double irish chain blocks that aren't lined. I will use wool batting. Will this pellon (which is like a really thin poly batting) wear away at my Sunbonnet Sue's over time? Now I 'm scared that that's going to happen but I've already put way too much work into this to start over again.
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Actually, cotton batting will last longer than wool batting.
Wool is a protine fiber. ( think a kind of chemical meat like our hair) Cotton is a celulose fiber with a similar chemical formula as wood has. It will last a long time.
If you line your whole quilt with cotton batting, perhaps it will be easier too?
Jeannie