Originally Posted by
bj
At a quilting sit and sew meeting once, an experienced quilter told the group polyester thread, over time, was more likely to cut your cotton fabric. I was a new quilter, but the others also agreed. Soooo....Since then, I only use cotton thread. But, from reading this board, it seems it's totally personal preference and what works best in your machine.
From my experience -
I used Coats & Clark cotton covered polyester Dual Duty thread for piecing and quilting over the years. I have several quilts that have been used so much that the bias cut bindings are almost frayed off.
There is absolutely NO - NONE - NO "cutting" of the fabric fibers.