Originally Posted by
captlynhall
I have been told and read in several quilting books that poly, being stronger that cotton, will cut through the cotton fabric after time. So I use cotton for cotton. I wanted some variegated thread one time, and found some beautiful colors at my local quilt fabric shop. I never thought to ask if it was cotton, just assumed it was. When I got it home, I quickly realized the feel was completely different. It felt slick. Checking more closely, found that it was polyester. I still have it but never used it.
For hand quilting, I prefer YLI coated hand quilting cotton.
We all need to check the publication date of some of the reference books we use...patterns do not change and SOME methods do not change, but products do...today's poly is not the poly of my learning days..