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Old 07-30-2009, 12:26 PM
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butterflywing
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Originally Posted by Boston1954
I am pretty sure that a high thread count in quilting fabric is not a good thing. It makes it more difficult to quilt though for hand quilters. I made hubby some pillowcases for Christmas and they seem to be standing up very well to him using them. I would just buy what I think is pretty, and not worry to much about it.
right. needles have too much trouble going in and out of high tc fabric.. the higher with a standard width staple, the harder. if the staple was thin, thin it would be fine, like eqyptian cotton. but that's too expensive.
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