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I misinformed you-all. I found my "record sheet" for those fabrics.

Widthwise shrinkage - ranged from 0 inches to 1-1/2 inches -
Lengthwise shrinkage - ranged from 0 to 1/4 inch per yard.

If you going to use it for border or for cutting blocks you can tear it in half down the grain and not have to put up with the long widths.

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Originally Posted by salemrabbits (Post 7837018)

I agree with Alicat- it does have a fray issue. If purchased in JoAnns you might check to see if they have it in the 108" bolt- KONA not other brand. Will save you more $$ and you can use your coupons. Of course the drawback of buying it this way is you must be careful when you cut it that you don't get a bow in your strip

I had never know Robert Kaufmann's Kona Cotton to be listed as Kona Cotton Broadcloth before, but did a search and found it listed a lot of sites. Sure doesn't feel like broadcloth to me. I try to us Kona Cotton whenever I use black.

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Originally Posted by mountainwoman (Post 7839033)

You know, your comments in regards to the weight of Kona fabrics is interesting. I have two experiences with Kona: I ordered a Kona fabric from Fabric.com in a light pink; it was somewhat thin but worked well. I purchased Kona steel-gray from JoAnn's, and it was considerably heavier than what I had previously bought. BOTH of these purchases said "Kona Cotton Broadcloth," and both were used as backing. So, I am really confused about the term "broadcloth," since I was not specifically looking for that. I have researched and cannot find out if Kona 100% cotton fabric and Kona 100% Cotton Broadcloth are EXACTLY the same fabric. Does anyone know? Anyway, the pink worked well, and for that matter, so did the heavier gray, but I would not have wanted to use the grey with some of the "gentler" fabrics I use -Moda, Wilmington, etc. Also, the Kona grey unraveled a lot, so much so that I will be using the leftover in a rag quilt -a quilt I have to date always used only flannels. As for fading or running, I prewashed both, and I had no problem.