I found a beautiful fabric I would love to use, but it is 50/50 cotton/poly. Do any of you use that fabric or should I stay with just 100% cotton?

Many a quilt has been made with 100% poly.....so I see no problem with it. Others may have a different opinion though.

The fact that you want to use this fabric - go for it. I think I would try to have other fabrics a similar weight or weave.

I use whatever fabric I like. If the textures or weaves are different, I may use a wider seam allowance or some light-weight fusible interfacing or try to make some other allowances so it wears ok. I haven't had any real issues.

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Be experimental and creative. There are no quilt police. I have seen many a different quilt made from some of the strangest fabrics other than 100% cotton. Give it a try, and you may learn some things about why we use 100% cotton...tee hee and then again...you may learn some lessons that that others need to hear. Worse that can happen? You might have a lovely quilt to give to someone that does not care if you used differnt fabrics!

I have used blends and had no problems with the quilts. Just think about some of the old time quilts and look at the fabrcs in them, wool cotton, rayon, silk...You can use anything you want as long as it washes well.

I'm still looking for the rule book! I'm learning that there are no "hard/fast" rules.
I would use it-but....
If you mix it with 100% cotton ~ just remember that the 50/50 won't shrink so make sure you preshrink your cottons.

I agree!! Mix and match to your hearts content... just keep in mind to prewash when mixing fabrics, especially if it is a quilt that will be washed :D:D:D

Thank you for all the advice and experience. I will try the 50/50 and will also preshink all the 100% cotton I use in the design. I am excited that I will be able to use the beautiful fabric. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

Thirty years ago we used 50/50s if they felt right. That being said, I would wash everything going into to quilt top or the back in exactly the manner the completed quilt will be washed and dried. Even blends get stretched as they are put onto the bolt and will sometimes change slightly.

Personally, I would also avoid triangles as blends don't conform to a new size as easily if you have to wiggle and jiggle one of the fabrics to make points and corners perfect. They just don't have as much ease. Other than that, have at it.

I have a 50/50 from the 90s that I want to use somewhere. It won't be for a back because it isn't particularly soft, but it is a good weight and very pretty. One plus is that a blend makes for a durable fabric.

Next year when cotton goes up in price, blends may look very apppealing.

Yes, go ahead & use it if you like it.
Most all of the "old" quilts that were made to keep families warm were made out of any kind of fabric that was available.
Go for it! And then post pics of it.

Good advice here. Hard not to use a fabric you love, in fact impossible! :D

In the past they used all sorts of fabric and those quilts have held up through everything.
try it

As my quilts are mostly recycled fabrics I have used Poly cotton blends with 100% cottons and as long as I prewash all fabrics very well I have had no problems and I hand quilt them again without any problems.

Gal

Like Gal I use a lot of recycled fabrics too...I always prewash (even brand new fabric) and I have had no problems. Sometimes a blended fabric has just the right colour or pattern for a project.