Sheets for backing?
#33
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Duluth/ Superior, WI
Posts: 1,038
I use sheets all the time, just make sure that the thread count is not over 300 or so. I find the older cotton ones in the Goodwill, Salvation Army, Savers and yard sales. Take them home, wash and dry them up, ready for use. I do quilt on an HQ16 and never had any trouble. Sheets are hard to hand quilt through.
#34
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Central Alabama
Posts: 884
we have been told that sheets are not good to use for backs because they are not made (woven) the same way. That when you sew a sheet the needle can break the threads and that will weaken you fabric and not holdup well, in years to come.
#37
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 284
Long arm quilters often discourage the use of sheets because the tight cotton weave can throw their tension out of whack...I honestly have never tried on my domestic but I know people do. Probably the worst that will happen is you'll go through a lot of needles.
Gorgeous fabrics! I can see why you want that sheet, it's perfect!
Gorgeous fabrics! I can see why you want that sheet, it's perfect!
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