dee1245

I have used it for shirts and blouses in clothing. I did use it in a jeans memory quilt as most of my late husband's shirts were a blend. It worked for me since the old jeans had been washed many times and so had the shirts so there was not the chance of shrinking. Would not use it as for piecing since it does not hold its shape well.

Pennyhal

The cotton/poly blends that I'm familar with ravels a lot. Sometimes, depending on the weave, wrinkles from being on the bolt are difficult to get out.

lynnie

i like to keep all my quilts 100% cotton.

Barbara Kantola

Several years ago, I saw some quilts made with vintage sheets from the 60's and 70's and fell in love with them. I then bought some similar sheets at thrift shops and made my own quilts from them. They are not "show quality" or "heirlooms", but they are some of my favorite quilts! I do not mix these blended fabrics with my regular quilting cottons, but I do enjoy using them in quilts.

cathyvv

Me, too. It works fine and looks good. Most of the quilts that I make are charity quilts so using the poly cotton on the back makes me feel like the quilt will take some abuse from kids and the quilts might last longer. That's pure speculation, I have no proof that it actually does make a quilt last longer!

sewbizgirl

ONLY cotton in my quilts.... and my shirts too.

MadQuilter

Not if I plan to iron it. I ended up with what I thought was cotton but it had a poly component to it and boy was it nasty to work with. Sticking with the traditions when quilting.

RosaSharon

I made my first quilt before I knew ANYTHING about how to do it. My Granny was a seamstress and many years ago, (1962) she taught me to always wash my fabric before sewing, so this is what I did. I used all sorts of blends, jerseys, cotton, poly, etc. in that first quilt, and I still love it. I didn't have a pattern, so I sewed diagonal strips together of all colors and different sizes. I love that quilt and it is on my bed now. I think if you wash all of your fabric, you can use the poly blends with your cottons. the poly blends won't shrink, but cotton will, this is why you have to wash and most importantly put through the dryer because it is the heat and the POUNDING that shrinks cotton (and wool.) I learned this from a sheep farmer. If you don't wash fabric first, it shrinks at different percentages depending on the different brands you use.

QuiltnLady1

I love the cotton poly blends for clothes, but have not used them in my quilts (though the fabric was right, I might).

momsbusy

I would have to be really desperate to use it in a quilt. I made an entire quilt with it many years ago, back when I thought it was my dream no iron fabric that washed beautifully. I accidentally included one in a trip around the world quilt about 15 years ago. That one fabric squirmed away from the others constantly. It was a battle. For a blouse, I would use it in a split second. For a quilt, never again.