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    Old 04-14-2010, 01:59 PM
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    Do any of you all use poly/cotton blends for quilting? The reason I'm asking is there's a woman who may be making a fabric donation to my Quilt of Valor group & she asked if I could use poly/cotton blends... I'm not sure if I have ever used them; at least not intentionally... What are they like? What kind of feel do they have?

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    Old 04-14-2010, 02:29 PM
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    I have only used 100% cotton fabrics for my quilts
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    Old 04-14-2010, 02:35 PM
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    I have used poly/cotton blends and I like them. They seem to hold up well. I use poly batting most of the time for these, but for one, I used and poly/cotton blend batting that I really liked. Most of my quilts from poly/cotton blends are whole cloth quilts.
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    I thought one of the QOV rules was that fabric had to be 100% cotton. I know they are picky and will return quilts to the makers if they don't like them.
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    http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-39933-1.htm

    Hi QD this quilt was polyester cotton with a polyester batting, I found it very easy to sew and quilt. I used polyester thread to sew the fabric, and cotton quilting thread to quilt. I would certainly use the poly/cotton again.


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    Old 04-15-2010, 07:23 AM
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    Originally Posted by Moonpi
    I thought one of the QOV rules was that fabric had to be 100% cotton. I know they are picky and will return quilts to the makers if they don't like them.
    Wow, I didn't know that.
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    Old 04-15-2010, 08:42 AM
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    Originally Posted by Moonpi
    I thought one of the QOV rules was that fabric had to be 100% cotton. I know they are picky and will return quilts to the makers if they don't like them.
    yes, they are real picky
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