Question
Cotton vs, polyester. Personally I like the sheen of polyester but the true quilters are probably screaming right now. But now I'm wondering how these fabrics will age. Will poly live forever, while cotton will naturally deteriorate? My first quilts were poly/cotton blends. Aging quilts of cotton from years past show deterioration and color loss, especially browns, blacks and some reds. Polyester seems to hold those dyes better. Will the cotton portion of these blends fall apart, leaving only the polyester threads? Why do "real quilters" frown on polyester? --if it's because of the "purist" connection, then it seems to me that the long-arm stitchery, esp pantograph quilting, is not consistent. Just pondering......