Originally Posted by mom-6
Ok, I've been sewing forever and a week and have used all sorts of fabrics for all sorts of purposes.
Why is there such a definite prejudice among quilters against polyester and poly/cotton blends?
Is it a matter of 'staying true to our roots' or something else?
Or is it related to different ironing temperature required if you are going to use fusible web for applique?
So far I haven't encountered any noticeable difficulties using fabrics of unknown fiber content in my quilts (some of which I suspect are 100% polyester), so I wondered what is going on.
I made a king size Star Spin quilt out of black fabric for background. Poly bearded thru it. I worked so hard on it. It looks so tacky. I have to use a roller on it everytime I was to get new pills off. Thats my grip. but have used it too with no problems. So I am just careful now.