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06-09-2022, 02:21 PM

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Peckish

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Originally Posted by Goldenleaf

I think what the previous poster is getting at is that if the blocks are old they are more likely to be 100% cotton so if you try quilting them with a poly cotton thread there is a risk the quilting thread would rip through the threads of the block over time

Thanks for your response. Aren't modern quilting fabrics also 100% cotton? Still unsure what the age of the blocks have to do with it. And the old saw about poly cotton ripping through the threads of cotton fabric has been proven to be an old wives tale and untrue. Probably started by someone trying to sell poly thread. 😜😄

06-10-2022, 10:07 AM

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Synnove

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Perhaps the point was that, being around 80 years old, the blocks may be a bit fragile -- which, actually, they are. This project will be quilted gently and never washed.