Originally Posted by
wildyard
tanyal, I don't think anyone means to seem as if they are attacking or criticizing you. Just that as quilters, we all cringe at the thought of good, if ugly, cotton going into other uses than quilting. Especially those of us on limited budgets, as you are.
Myself, I agree that one must do what is best for themselves.
However, lol, when it comes to cotton suitable for quilting, I'd like to make an offer to yourself, and anyone else who needs/uses it for other uses.
I have lots of 100% cotton tshirt scraps, many good sized pieces left from making tshirt quilts. These would make awesome paint rags as well as mop cloths. I will be happy to trade tshirt cotton for quilting cotton, however ugly, with anyone who wants. LOL
Thank you for the offer, but t-shirts won't work for my paint rags because of their lint factor. Sometimes I wipe a mistake off my canvas and I definitely have to have a lint free rag, which is why the tight woven quilting cotten is perfect. You can imagine the horrible mess if lint gets stuck on the oil paint on a canvas.