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03-25-2011, 02:32 AM

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teacherbailey

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Originally Posted by Annaquilts

Yes, I was thinking the same. they are no longer 100% cotton and also they are no longer as cheap. Some one mentioned IKEA. for me that is a long drive but if I ever go there I might look. I usually find something for $4-6 fabric a yard for backs.

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Originally Posted by huntannette

yes, but can`t find 100 % cotton sheets at Walmart here...only poly blends

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Originally Posted by suezquilts

I hate to plug Walmart, but their sheets are a lot less, they are 200 ct and 100% cotton, perfect!

You can buy most IKEA stuff online so maybe you can save the drive BUT....a lot of their sheets/pillowcases are the cheapest fabric I've ever seen, maybe 100 thread count or so. I bought a handful of flat crib sheets to use as a backing for a big quilt after I sewed them together (they were 99 cents each) and well, I never made it that far. They looked so awful after I prewashed them that I gave them to Goodwill.

I use these on my give away quilts instead of paying $30 to 50 for a backing. I had a customer spend $81 on a flannel backing, that is a lot of money.

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