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I used green and yellow broadcloth to make a University of Oregon quilt for my daughter for Christmas. I backed it in U of O polar fleece. She absolutlely loves it.
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Jenny, I made a King sized D9P and used cotton broadcloth for the backing. The long arm quilter did a beautiful job with it!
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Originally Posted by jeaninmaine
When I was in my 20's it was cotton broadcloth. When I took home ec we made an apron out of it, my first attempt at sewing.
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just read the label - like all things. When we were young - it was coo% cotton - now there are different varieties - read the end of the bolt to be sure !
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Originally Posted by Annaquilts
I use Kona all the time. According to info I found on the net it is 100% broadcloth.
Kona cotton is a premium, 100% cotton broadcloth from Robert Kaufman Fabrics. I have also seen other brands broad cloth for quilting. Just besure to check if it is 100% cotton unless you do not mind a blend. Many traditional Hawaiian quilts have polly cotton blends. |
I just made 3 Eagles football quilts using broad cloth along with the NFL fabric. I was fine to sew and to quilt.
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I just bought a deep hot pink Kona cotton from JoAnn's that had a good feel & weight for backing a batik rectangle/log cabin quilt. It was a fun color for the quilt and doesn't compete with all the colors.
My LAQ is just beginning to do a semi-custom quilt design for it. I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out! part of quilt with border added [ATTACH=CONFIG]202401[/ATTACH] Rectangle Log Cabin in progress (iphone camera pic) [ATTACH=CONFIG]202408[/ATTACH] |
jeaninmaine- you're right about the broadcloth. the name refers to fabric that has a certain plain weave and weight of threads, usually cotton, but with the advent of polyester, poly-cotton.it also comes in silk. sewing machines love it, quilting machines love it, and many, many, quilter's love it
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jeaninmaine- you're right about the broadcloth. the name refers to fabric that has a certain plain weave and weight of threads, usually cotton, but with the advent of polyester, poly-cotton. sewing machines love it, quilting machines love it, and many, many, quilter's love it
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I was going to purchase breoadcloth from Joanns ($2.99 yard) it was too thin, more like a batise.
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