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Do I have to use cotton fabric to make a quilt?

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Bea Byrne
Dec 11, 2025
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While most people start using quilters cotton for their quilts, you can actually use pretty much anything! At different times, wool and silk were used as discards from the tailoring industry. In the 1960s, polyester and synthetic fabrics started being seen in quilts. Flannel has long been a useful backing for children’s quilts given its soft surface and…

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