Ngeorgia

I am helping a friend make a Roman Stripe quilt with the dress blouses the thinner polyester, lots of bright colors and tone on tone. We starched (homemade - 1 tablespoon starch per cup of water) cut in 2 1/2 strips and sewed on a starched foundation of a thin cotton fabric.
This is the pattern she is making.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Patchwor...item4ab94b2a7b

quilterjody

My husband's grandmother made him a quilt from polys. It's 20+ years old and looks brand new...well except for the corner out daughter cut off when she was little. But that corner never frayed. It makes a great picnic quilt too. Everything shakes right off.

PenniF

little poly tip from my days working for "Stretch & Sew"....OMG HOW OLD AM I ??? ...... white vinegar will take a crease out - put a crease into - polyester fabric.... used to keep spritzer bottle of it for ironing in pleats. so if you want sharper pressed seams - that will do it.

Mousie

I'm glad to see this bc I inherited 1/2 of one of those giant trash bags of poly hexagons. I plan to stitch them to muslin and try to do QAYG method. It will probably become a picnic/bleach throw, or anything else that it needs to be

Jingle

If and when I ever get most of my fabrics sewn up I have a plastic tub of polyester blend fabrics I want to sew up. Dress type fabrics. It will sure outlast me.

mucky

I would just suggest you tie the quilt not machine quilt it.

mbailey

This is so great to here that i can use this. i mean i ws given alot of yardage of this stuff. so to know i can use it and not have to pitch it is wonderful. I thank all of u for answering . i have one more
question do i still need to use batting in the middle since it so heavy ?

jitkaau

You can use any material that is serviceable. I would suggest that you just try to keep all the material about the same weight and standard to make it easier for sewing.
I would still use batting unless you are going to use the Japanese satchiko method of quilting multiple layers of the fabric together - usually about 5 layers.

brenwalt

I bought a king-size polyester "crazy quilt" at a garage sale. It is HUGE and weighs about 40 lbs. That quilt is going to last for eternity!! Don't cover up with it when weak though as you won't have the strength to crawl out from under it !! LOL Yes, go ahead with it. It will be a great conversation piece!!

Homespun

I have used polyester as a 'batting' for floor quilts and table runners.