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Originally Posted by quiltedsunshine
(Post 8487890)
It's not that it's "thin," it's that it's "fine." The difference is a higher thread count of finer threads. It's better quality than regular cotton fabrics. Regular quilting cottons have 60 threads per inch, where Kaffe's fabrics have 68 threads per inch.
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I've used a bit of Kaffe Fassett fabric and have never found them poor quality or hard to work with and I love it!
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Not sure where you heard that but I love the quality of his fabrics.
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Thanks to everyone for their input!
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The only issue I've had with Kaffe fabric were the woven stripes. I wouldn't say it was low quality, but because it was striped from the weave (dyed yarns rather than printing on top), it was a little harder to work with.
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I have bought a lot of Kaffe fabrics over the years. It was always lighter but still good quality. Recently I purchased another batch from Mardens in Maine and this fabric was (imho) not quality fabric - extremely light and thin and in no way any where near the quality of my older fabrics. A friend who sells fabric and I were talking - his take was the fabric that I purchased might have been produced for clothing and not quilting. It was just speculation on his part but side by side there was a marked difference.
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Originally Posted by eparys
(Post 8488085)
I have bought a lot of Kaffe fabrics over the years. It was always lighter but still good quality. Recently I purchased another batch from Mardens in Maine and this fabric was (imho) not quality fabric - extremely light and thin and in no way any where near the quality of my older fabrics. A friend who sells fabric and I were talking - his take was the fabric that I purchased might have been produced for clothing and not quilting. It was just speculation on his part but side by side there was a marked difference.
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