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In my search for an affordable fabric to start with, I found some muslin listed on Ebay.
This is what the seller says about it - This is 36 inch wide light weight muslin. This was not on the correct cardboard when I bought it. My best guess, after going to the fabric store, is that it is bleached pern. press muslin. |
For me personally I would rather stick with fabric of a known content- Muslin can be tricky(?) to begin with then throw in the uncertainty of content - nope - not for me, sorry
what about Joanns when it is on sale ? |
Thin muslin is good for foundation piecing, but not sure about using it for regular piecing or backing :D:D:D
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If you mean physically going to a Joanns store, I'll have to wait about a year to do that. They don't have any of those in Japan. Maybe I could find something from their online stores?
The only thing I ever used muslin for was doing a drape/pattern making. |
I have found Muslin courser and rougher than cotton, I use a heck of a lot of it, plain, for foundation scrap piecing, backings for place-mats, wall-hangings etc; and bag linings
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Originally Posted by amma
Thin muslin is good for foundation piecing, but not sure about using it for regular piecing or backing :D:D:D
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Light weight muslin may be to flimsy for piecing.
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Thanks everyone :) So the muslin is out for this project then. The price was pretty nice though.
What does everyone think of a cotton broadcloth? Too heavy? The finished blocks will be 4 layers thick. I also don't know about the eventual cost. I will need somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 yards. |
Originally Posted by Cupcake
In my search for an affordable fabric to start with, I found some muslin listed on Ebay.
This is what the seller says about it - This is 36 inch wide light weight muslin. This was not on the correct cardboard when I bought it. My best guess, after going to the fabric store, is that it is bleached pern. press muslin. |
Originally Posted by Cupcake
In my search for an affordable fabric to start with, I found some muslin listed on Ebay.
This is what the seller says about it - This is 36 inch wide light weight muslin. This was not on the correct cardboard when I bought it. My best guess, after going to the fabric store, is that it is bleached pern. press muslin. |
IMHO, I would think broadcloth would be too stiff and heavy to work with for CW. I would go with a regular quilting cotton or muslin. But nothing too thin. You want it to hold up.
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GOOD muslin is perfect for a Cathederal window!
I have done two and just love it.. HOWEVER, you do not want the Permenant press one...it is stiffer and has a finish on it! Ecology cloth is really the best! You could try http://www.fabric.com http://www.stitch-n-frame.com or PM me... |
Kona cotton solids are very nice and available at a good price from Hancock's of Paducah.
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Hold on, you guys! Before you start suggesting sites for her you might want to check if they ship internationally. Hancocks of Paducah does, but there's a $20 minimum and its 30% of your order value. I didn't find anything on the other sites mentioned.
I did a little looking around on the Internet and found a fabric store called Tomato near Tokyo in the textile town of Nippori. I don't know how far you are from Tokyo, but if you're close it might be worth a shot to check it out. They have a website, but its all in Japanese.......wasn't entirely sure if you're originally from Japan and can read the language because one of your posts said you can't physically go to a Joann's for another year so it almost sounded like you're just staying there for a while and may not be originally from there. *shrugs* Anyways, here's the website: http://www.nippori-tomato.com/tomato/ I'm kind of curious what you're going to use for the centers of the blocks. I would imagine being in Japan you might be able to find some place with beautiful kimono remnants and second hand kimonos or shops that sell furoshiki cloths. |
I agree that a lighter muslin would be perfect for the CW because of the way the block is made....it's not piecing as many of us think a bout..it's folding.
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Would a 'calico' work? I think this could be a pretty background fabric -
http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/p...PRODID=prd1749 |
muslin comes in many different weights and quality. by the description from the seller i am going to venture a guess that IT WOULD NOT BE GOOD FOR YOUR CATHEDRAL WINDOW PROJECT.
the reason for my determination? the line...light weight... it would be a good muslin to use as a foundation for log=cabin blocks, or any you need a foundation for--but you want at least a medium weight fabric for your cathedral windows. since cathedral window quilts are not quilted...the white you use is the back of the quilt i would use a good quality quilt shop fabric -- for mine i used an assortment of white on white fabrics. but solids are fine, just make it a good quality fabric. |
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