Originally Posted by
notmorecraft
Lol.muslin in the UK is a fine gauzy fabric, what you gals call muslin, we term calico. Muslin used to be used as liners for baby nappies, when we used terry nappies. It's also used to strain preserved fruits, as a cloth for removing make up, wrapping cheese in when you make it. Amazing how the terminology is different in our two countries.
sounds like what you have, we call cheesecloth.