Thank You for starting this thread :thumbup:

I have never used muslin, and I guess it was because years ago it wasn't the thing to do and maybe the quality wasn't great :roll: I have no good reason not to have tried it , but now I do have good reasons to try it..... THANKS :thumbup:

thanks for starting this thread

I don't frown on it, I just haven't seen any nice muslin around my area.

I like it. Especially if I am a little short on a fabric for a project. Sometimes i can sub it in as lining or backing and it's great for practicing.

The muslin we can get here is more like cardboard - very stiff and not quilt friendly at all. I use Kona natural cotton for my muslin look. I get it from Hancocks of Paducah by the bolt, and it handles just like any of their other Kona cotton, but has the slightly slubby look of muslin.

because opinions are like elbows. most people have at least two. :lol:

Muslin is a "plain-woven cotton fabric made in various weights. The better qualities of muslin are fine and smooth in texture and are woven from evenly spun warps and wefts, or fillings. They are given a soft finish, bleached or piece-dyed, and are sometimes patterned in the loom or printed. The coarser varieties are often of irregular yarns and textures, bleached, unbleached, or piece-dyed and are generally finished by the application of sizing. Grades of muslin are known by such names as book, mull, swiss, and sheeting." Encyclopedia Britannica

When people say muslin I think of 'cheap' fabric where the quality is poor to match the price and it usually is unbleached cotton. It's a fabric I use when I am making a dress out of really expensive fabric so I first make it in muslin to test the pattern to make sure of any alterations I need to make before cutting into expensive fabric.
BUT is seems according to the Encyclopedia Britannica it could be any plain woven cotton fabric I guess that means most if not all of the 'cotton' fabric we use for quilting is considered muslin. Just that some are in better grades than others.

I think it's the same as what we call 'calico' here?? I use it heaps as backgrounds and backings for small quilts and wallhangings. It comes in varying shades of cream and I usually buy it by the bolt as I also do calico dolls.

Gotta love ya Patrice, gotta love ya!!! :lol: :lol:

I read a post on here a few months back and they said that muslin in their country was more like what we'd call cheesecloth here. It may be just a matter of where people live as to whether or not they like muslin. I use it all the time --- especially if I want my quilt to look old or if I'm restoring a quilt.