Originally Posted by
aashley333
True story. I lived near Mexico/So. Texas border when I first learned quilting. My SIL took me to a fabric warehouse that had fabric piled on tons of tables. Very inexpensive. Long story-short--My sis was wearing a simple dress I had made. When she dropped a lit match in her lap, the dress skirt practically engulfed in flames! She wasn't burned, but I never used cheap fabric again!
The fiber content was what made the fabric burn so easily easily. Also loosely woven fabrics burn faster than tightly woven ones.
I bave done burn tests with tiny pieces of fabricv- like 1/4 x 2 inches - . It is better to do them outside than in the house. Because some fabrics seem to put out noxious fumes.