The fabric says "50/50 cotton/ polyester"...
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This is my recent "wow" find. ($.75!) I have never used 50/50 woven fabric to make a quilt. How do I work with it? I have a young lady in mind who could use the durability in her quilt. Do any of you have any ideas for a different pattern with these shapes? There are 168 of each color. Since it is cotton/polyester, I hope to use it for my first serger quilt. Do I use the polyester setting on my iron? All advice welcomed. [ATTACH=CONFIG]574380[/ATTACH]
I have some polyester that will work color-wise, can or should I mix them? |
What a find! I see no problem with using 50/50 in your quilt. But if you use something else for filler pieces or background, I would use a blend, or if you are using cotton, make sure you prewash and dry the cotton, as the poly doesn't shrink. Yes, use a slightly lower setting to iron.
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Use a similar blend for the background and use a cooler iron for any ironing. I made several dragger quilts in poly/ cotton blends for children. They are still going strong, don't fade and wash up great.
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Originally Posted by Tartan
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Use a similar blend for the background and use a cooler iron for any ironing. I made several dragger quilts in poly/ cotton blends for children. They are still going strong, don't fade and wash up great.
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just make sure that you don't have your iron all the way hot... the poly will shrink if ironed too hot
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I have mixed cotton and cotton blend in many of my quilts without any problem. I don't pre-wash anything.
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I mixed cotton and polycotton fabrics years ago. My Son still had a quilt from it. The polycotton and polyester batting out lasted the cotton fabrics by lots of years.
If I ever get most of my cotton fabrics sewed up I plan to make all polycotton quilts. |
I don't think I would use a serger to sew those diamond shapes, You might want to test on some scrap fabric to see if you like using the serger for this project.
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With that pattern, you must mark your 1/4" points where everything joins on each diamond and you must stop stitching where those dots meet 1/4" away from the corner. This is not a pattern for a serger as it cannot be done. I just did a Lemoyne star quilt that had 25 12 1/2" star blocks and 80 6 1/2" star blocks and it was a stinker.
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ok, explain the "Dragger" term for us dummies..................
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