Originally Posted by
suern3
I have used the Kona black from HL and it has worked well. On the other hand, the Waverly fabric that I used from Walmart for placemats seemed to shrink up quite a bit. (Not black) I did not measure it before I washed the finished placemats but I know they turned out smaller than I thought.
I bought nine pieces of the Waverly cottons from Wal-Mart in February 2017. (I think it was around $3.00/yard) I soaked them all in hot water and then washed them in cold and line dried them. I measured the pieces before and after washing them - and the shrinkage was minimal. Less than 1/2 inch in either direction per yard.
I did overcast the edges before dunking the pieces.
I was also happily surprised by how color fast the pieces seemed to be - a bright royal blue, a turquoise, a magenta, a bright orange, a gray, a bright yellow, a lime green.
It is somewhat coarsely/loosely woven - but then I looked at some of the Alexander Henry's available now - and it looked about the same to me.
I did not have much of a raveling problem with it, either.
It was adequate for the fabrics I was using it with.