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I find Kona cotton too heavy and prefer Moda's.
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Moda makes a great muslin, both in bleached and unbleached, no little black slubs.
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
(Post 5216205)
Moda Bella solids!
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I agree that some of the white or cream colored tone on tones are very thin and cheap feeling. I sometimes use different tone on tones in one quilt and while I am trying to concentrate on style and design, I have to be really careful I don't accidentally buy these cheaper style fabrics even at a higher end quilt fabric stores. Why so they always seem to be more common in the lighter colors? Since I like to use prints for my background Kona cottons don't work.
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Originally Posted by nycquilter
(Post 5216263)
I've found that when I buy thin fabric, such as at a local fabric but not quilting store where they sometimes offer it at $1 a yard--too good to pass up--if I wash it, and it shrinks down, it is now of good weight. For backgrounds, I love to use white-on-white or white-on-cream. I find that using a solid sucks the life out and makes things too flat for my taste.
WHEN I do want a solid, I prefer Kona cottons, they do have more "life" to them! and play nice with Batiks! |
Originally Posted by IdahoSandy
(Post 5216094)
This has been going on for a while with me. When I check out the solid materials at fabric shops, they feel so thin. Don't like to use thin material for "backgrounds"on the front of quilts. What kind of white and cream solids do you experienced quilters use. Where do you get it?
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No certain brand for me, but my LQS had nice solids very reasonably priced.
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I use what I have access to because there isn't a fabric Wal-mart near.
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I agree with trif--tone on tone for solids.
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I use lots of Kona black, but for whites and creams I always use tone-on-tone. To me, sometimes solids look "flat," so I like the subtle texture of ton-on-tone prints.
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