Waverly cotton fabric.
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Waverly cotton fabric.
I went to Walmart late last night and of course browsed the fabric dept. to see if any new Pellon products were added. The stocker was taking bolts off a cart. I noticed lots of nice looking solid fabric. They were all Waverly brand. I bought a bolt of cream color. It was $2.97 a yard. This morning I compared it to Moda solid and Kona solid fabric I have. I could tell a little difference from the Moda but none from the Kona. I'm going to wash a yard of it to check for shrinkage and raveling. Any one use Waverly cotton fabric? I bought it thinking great for project backings like placemats, etc. But now I think it will be fine in a quilt too.
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I did some searching. Moda thread count is 65 x 65. Kona is 60 x 60. Waverly is 60 x 60. I also read that 60 x 60 was considered cheap fabric by quilt shops because all 60 x 60 fabric is made with short staple cotton. Kona is good fabric and in many thousands of quilts. I think fabric has changed from the old data used to form facts of a decade ago. It probably isn't the best fabric but it seems to be good fabric. I won't use poly batting or wool batting because it will beard over time with 60 x 60 thread count. I learned this at a workshop about Kona fabric. Cotton batting won't. We were shown many examples of the Kona cotton with different battings used. I don't know if that is still true today though.
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I went to Walmart late last night and of course browsed the fabric dept. to see if any new Pellon products were added. The stocker was taking bolts off a cart. I noticed lots of nice looking solid fabric. They were all Waverly brand. I bought a bolt of cream color. It was $2.97 a yard. This morning I compared it to Moda solid and Kona solid fabric I have. I could tell a little difference from the Moda but none from the Kona. I'm going to wash a yard of it to check for shrinkage and raveling. Any one use Waverly cotton fabric? I bought it thinking great for project backings like placemats, etc. But now I think it will be fine in a quilt too.
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I just used a cotton in a quilt top. It seems a little thin and it definitely raveled, raveled and raveled some more. Nonetheless, the quilt top came out nice. One fabric from a manufacturer doesn't tell the entire story, so I will definitely give the waverly products another chance.
WM is using Waverly to replace VIP as a vendor. So if there is a VIP fabric you love and count on WM having, buy it now.
WM is using Waverly to replace VIP as a vendor. So if there is a VIP fabric you love and count on WM having, buy it now.
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I noticed the Waverly fabric at WM also and thought it was a little thin. Ii have not bought any yet but I will try it when I need a solid. I wished they carried prints, I don't use many solids except in small amounts.
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