Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
I just wondered about the mixing of cotton and poly because it has been proved that the poly can cut through the cotton with everyday use(friction)...so I was always told NOT to mix threads.
not so, this is a sewing myth....look at the hem of your cotton knit tee shirt....has the polyester cut through the cotton as of yet...I mix all kinds of threads as the whim hits me and so far no problems..Go to the superior thread site, ask questions, read the informative stuff. The only reason you learn the rules is so you will know which ones to break. I was told a lot of things by all the Wise ones of the day when I was a kid. Most of that has proved not true or at least mutable. I do remember as a kid there was a saying..."you could no more do that than fly to the moon" Well we have been to the moon and you can see video's of the surface of Mars too if you want. What would Leonardo Da Vinci have thought if he could see the photo of a Galaxy far far away that I have as my desktop background on the computer. Don't worry about doing it wrong and just do it. The only thing that will happen is that you might make a non life threatening mistake...Go, do, experiment. Remember it is only a quilt, not life and death....so what if you quilt doesn't last a hundred years....you won't be around to see and neither will I. Nothing lasts forever.