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.
If some think they are keeping to their roots, They need to look at quilts made during the depression any fabric that they could get was used,old clothing that had areas that were in good shape,new fabric if they had scraps , they were not concerned about fiber content. So I don't see what differance fabric content makes as long as the weight is the same.