Has anyone made a quilt using cotton fabric and seersucker fabric? Pros and cons please. Our little church group, Kreative Krazy Kuilters had scraps of all sizes donates to us. We (being true quilters) can't throw anything away & would like some advice if seersucker is hard to work with. Thank you all for all your help.

I haven't quilted with it but did make several outfits with it for clothing back in the day....

Was easy to sew with so think it would be fine for some scrappy quilts.

I have with no problems!

I was considering it. I may use green seersucker for leaves, so the extra texture will be fine.

Some can have a little more stretch than quilting cotton, but I think it would be cute in a quilt :D:D:D

I do not have a lot of experience but I thought about a quilt made out of seerducker just for the texture

no reason not to give it a try- may need a bit of stablizer-if it's thin-if it's not so thin the stablizer won't be necessary- i've used it for appliques and some in a crazy quilt. adding texture to a quilt is a good thing :)

I did a whole quilt of it - but don't think I would like to mix it with flat weave cotton. The texture is too different. Also - I tied my quilt, did not quilt it and don't think I would like to because of the texture issue.

You can make string quilts out of everything and anything. Use a foundation to piece them, I tie them using a blanket or poly batting.

I appliqued seersucker piggies on cotton and had no trouble with it.......it stretches a minimal amount because of the wavy texture so you might take that into account if you're using it to piece.

Just wondering when you try to press the seersucker...what will the result be? You might want to do a little test first.

I just quilted a lap quilt on my long arm that had a seersucker border. I did not notice any difference.

Some one gave my mother one after she was diagnosed with cancer the first time. It was lovely, and after several washing just kept getting softer. She really loved it. I often wonder what happened to it when she died.

I used it in a baby quilt once. I needed a pastel multicolor stripe and could only find it in seersucker. Used it for sashing and borders. The blocks were gingham. It worked fine, washes beautifully, and it still looks great after 9 years. I didn't do any heavy pressing on it, just pressed the seams. Used it for the backing and binding also.

Barb44, did you wash the seersucker before you cut and quilted it? I've heard seersucker shrinks something like flannel. That's my only concern.... will it shrink out of proportion with the rest of the quilt?

Oh, that would be sweet. Little wrinkled piggies. What a great idea!

I have done this before with no problem. I think seersucker is great for summer quilts and also very soft for babies.

Thanks for such good tips! I have a full shelf of seersucker in my fabric room and have often wondered if it would work for a quilt. It has all been pre-washed so guess I will give it a try.

I don't know about using it in a quilt, but I love seersucker because it's lightweight, washes and wears without wrinkles, and is great to wear on a hot sweaty day.

I've used it in quilts, along with denim, corduroy, cotton velvet, jersey. They all work just fine.

...might want to consider making quick strip quilt blocks...have seen some really cute quilts with seersucker mixed in with the "traditional" cottons....!

I have used seersucker in quilts from time to time and had no problems.

I made an all seersucker giant log cabin. The idea was in a magazine. I will attach a picture. It washes well.

How different can it be from the fabric treated with that new stuff - "texture Magic"(?)

I've done a couple of baby quilts. shhh my kids haven't seen them yet. They are made with seersucker that I had made them clothes with when they were younger. I found the extra fabric when tidying up and made a couple of adoreable quilts. The seersucker is a little stretchier than the cottons, so you have to be careful that way....

Seersucker is especially nice in quilts for bedridden or visually impaired recipients. The tactile quality of it (like corduroy, flannel, etc.) gives the quilt an extra "dimension" for these folks.

My MIL was very thrifty and made more quilts then I would care to count. She used all kinds of fabric, never had a problem. I have some that she made as far back as the 20s.Most of the quilts were given to the church for missions.

Thanks for all of your help. I think we will try using it, maybe with other cottons, if possible. Will keep all informed.
Thanks again. Deb

I did and it came out fine.

I quilted a quilt for a lady once that was all seersucker. I was worried that it would stretch a lot, but it was fine. It was very soft and even though it stretched some, it turned out the same as regular cotton.

I have a quilt made by my grandmother in probably the 1970's that has been washed and used (and used and washed...) with no problems. She made a log cabin using regular cottons for two sides and seersucker for the other two and it's fine. As far as stretching/ironing/shrinking goes, I have a favorite shirt from Land's End or LL Bean that's seersucker. I wash and iron it with no problems and have never noticed any shrinking or other issues.

I've used it several times, even as backing and have had no complaints so far, it washed well. DEB

I have made many memory quilts using all kinds of fabrics from people's clothes. If it's stretchy just be sure to stabilize the fabric.

Years ago I bought some pretty multi colored pastel searsucker fabric to make a summer weight robe, thinking well it's searsucker so it must be cool NOTTTT! It it really warm and probably because it is tightly woven. Anyway I didn't find it hard to work with reallky, but to me it is really warm and if that's what you want or need in a quilt it will probably be the fabric you might want to use.

I have made pillow cases from seersucker. I washes up so soft

The only issue we had was if you iron it, the little dimples don't really come back.
But it was soft and looked cute with the cotton. :)

I put some seersucker in a baby quilt and it was fine.

I love seersucker for clothes because it is so cool in the summer. But often seersucker comes in some wonderful stripes. I would use it in a quilt.

most seersucker is cotton or poly-cotton. Behaves just like any other cotton

I didn't have any "problems " as such, (made a QAYG for my GDD) but be careful with any pressing, it will go flat with a hot iron, ask me, as I know LOL!