bearisgray

There are some quilt books/instructors that say to "only use" all cotton fabric and all cotton thread.

All cotton batting is now available, but for a long time the "all-cotton" wadding/bating was very difficult to work with.

I generally do like to have my quilt tops to be all cotton - or all cotton/poly - or all whatever - along with the backs being mostly one type of fiber.

When I thought about it though, two of my first quilts had polyester batting -and they still holding up well - then I "discovered warm 'n' natural - thinking that it was "all cotton" - but it has a polyester scrim.

I have used mostly the older Dual Duty thread by Coats & Clark (the cotton covered polyester stuff)- partly because that is what my first quilting instructor recommended - partly because it was easily available - I did grow p with all-cotton thread - we used to look for the "mercerized" thread. I don't know why it was better than not mercerized - but Mom always used "mercerized"

I have been quite satisfied with the results using "meixed media."

- my current question/topic is: How much do you mix fibers in quilts that you make? (Remember to include the batting, thread, and embellishments.)

Or - how much do you try to keep your project "pure"?