How do you test to see if fabric is cotton or 50%-50%cotton poly?
02-08-2011, 09:39 PM
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I still do the burn test if I'm not sure. The reason being that a friend and I were doing a sampler course and despite careful cutting and 1/4 inch seams her blocks were never coming out to 12 1/2 inches. She had bought her fabrric at a reputable quilt shop and was assured that all fabric was 100% cotton after 9 weeks of frustration the teacher suggested the burn test. One of the fabrics melted away definetly not cotton.I still can't understand this as I have put poly/cotton with cotton and had no problems but this particular fabric shrunk at the touch of an iron and distorted every block
02-09-2011, 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by quilt queen 2
I still do the burn test if I'm not sure. The reason being that a friend and I were doing a sampler course and despite careful cutting and 1/4 inch seams her blocks were never coming out to 12 1/2 inches. She had bought her fabrric at a reputable quilt shop and was assured that all fabric was 100% cotton after 9 weeks of frustration the teacher suggested the burn test. One of the fabrics melted away definetly not cotton.I still can't understand this as I have put poly/cotton with cotton and had no problems but this particular fabric shrunk at the touch of an iron and distorted every block
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