Originally Posted by
ckcowl
the why not is....
as it breaks down it will become wet-globs- which will then cause globby lumps in the quilt- and sure 100 washes down the road it may all be gone---but in the mean-time--
better to tear off the majority of the paper- you don't have to worry about the little bits that stick in the seams- those will disappear fairly soon & completely- but larger pieces will glob up-then take longer to break down.
I agree with ckcowl. The paper would clump together and cause lumps between the layers. Paper is made of wood and will have fibers, no matter how fine they are. So it's not going to go away completely when sandwiched between layers of fabric. There's no way for the fibers to get out. In your garden the wood fibers just go into the soil. That's why you don't see them when the paper starts breaking down.