Can sheets be used?

Reply Subscribe

Page 6 of 9

« First

Last »

Thread Tools

09-22-2010, 03:42 PM

#51

bjesso

Member

Join Date: Sep 2010

Posts: 53

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjesso

If it`s 100% cotton, it will be fine. I use sheets for backings.

09-22-2010, 03:44 PM

#52

Tudey

Senior Member

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: Chehalis, WA

Posts: 806

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naturalmama

I just realized that I have some older (unused) white all-cotton muslin sheets (the package says 134 threads psi - and that they are "sanfordized" to reduce shrinkage to 1%) I've been dreaming of an old fashioned "cottage-y" type quilt in light blue floral & white - could this be used for the white?

Everything I have read warns against using sheets, as backing or piecing fabric, but I do it anyway and the results have not been unpleasant.

09-22-2010, 04:43 PM

#53

Latrinka

Super Member

Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: Slidell, Louisiana

Posts: 6,951

Yes indeed gul! I have used sheets for parts of quilt tops, backing, curtains, it's all material and usually a whole lot cheaper and just as good!

09-22-2010, 04:50 PM

#54

Annz

Power Poster

Join Date: Nov 2009

Location: West Roxbury, Ma

Posts: 10,353

Absolutely. Just prewash.

09-22-2010, 04:57 PM

#55

deema

Super Member

Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: Ontario, Canada

Posts: 1,304

I used a cotton sheet for the back on my first quilt, and will be using one for my current one...and planning on a flannel one for my next quilt...can't see why you couldn't use it in the quilt top...?

09-22-2010, 05:50 PM

#56

Chatfield

Senior Member

Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: Belle Plaine, MN

Posts: 419

Why not!!? I just had a quilt machine quilted and I used a sheet for backing. Worked out really well.

09-22-2010, 05:53 PM

#57

Loretta

Senior Member

Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: Surfside Beach, South Carolina

Posts: 682

I think so.

09-22-2010, 07:14 PM

#58

kwiltkrazy

Super Member

Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: Mapleton, Oregon

Posts: 5,922

This debate over whether or not to use sheets has been going on for years. Do you think our ancesters ever thought of it, they used what they had, and their stuff was (is) absolutely beautiful. My grandma(bless her heart) always used sheets, she always bought a bunch when there was a white sale, she used the patterned ones, though. I don't use sheets, but I know a lot of people who do, and their quilts are gorgeous.

09-22-2010, 07:19 PM

#59

Candace

Super Member

Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: Outer Space

Posts: 9,319

Hehe...I'm doing a whole cloth quilt made entirely from Ikea sheets. Think I'll go to jail?

09-23-2010, 02:50 AM

#60

CruisingStef

Junior Member

Join Date: May 2010

Location: Lakeland, Florida

Posts: 189

I purchased 2 sheets in the past several months. Twin size and a queen size. Thread count is wonderful,definitely pre-wash- but they will hold up for years from what I have read.
They are a breese to sew with, not to mention there are some fabulous prints now.