Originally Posted by Skeat
Who else stands at the bolts of muslin with beads of sweat pulsating on our temples and start pulling their hair out and silently screaming inside for the right one to come forward?!! I slide my hand between the folded muslin...if I see too much skin...I keep moving. I prefer 100% cotton in all my fabrics...so, that dumps about half the stack! (I don't even know the other fibers listed! Never heard of them before! )But, the other 40 still on the shelf...have me screaming!! How about you?!!
I would like to find a good natural, 100% muslin that I could use as a foundation and also to use as backgrounds....I'm totally cotton dumb-foundedly stumped....(and, yes, I just made up that word!LOL)
Please, Oh please give your opinion...there is no right or wrong...I just need a direction and why!
Here's some examples of what I run into...go to:
http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat2555 it's just 2 pages of muslins....no sweat!LOL Skeat
what are you hoping to do with it? different uses call for different qualities, don't you think? and different widths. it's foolish to buy 90" if sometimes you need only 60". that's too much waste. or 120" if you often need 90". but if you need 60" square and you can get 120" at a good price, then BINGO! you hit the jackpot! cause if you buy 60" you can get 4 - count them - 4 60" squares for the price of less than 2 yards. that's why you should consider before buying a whole bolt. sometimes the waste makes it not such a bargain price. i buy 108 - 120" backing because i make 96" quilts. the extra becomes the binding. no waste. for foundations, i use the good parts of worn-out sheets. they're cotton and they're soft. actually, for foundations i'll use anything that's cotton and white and soft. old nightgowns and men's shirts are terrific. and i mix them.