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Question for the week of March 29-, 2004:

Our question this week comes Toni G:

I made a king size, log cabin for my bed - I quilted with monofilament and 100% cotton thread. The batting is cotton so it's pretty heavy quilt. The threads are breaking whenever you pull on the quilt. I'm not sure which type of thread is breaking first. What can I do to repair the quilt? Do I need to requilt the entire thing using different thread?

Katie :
I would say that is sounds like the monofilament is cutting the cotton thread. If you used 100% cotton thread, cotton fabric and cotton batting the monfilament thread is the outsider and is probably the culprit. Polyester cotton thread cuts through cotton fabric so maybe the monafilament is doing the same.

SUSAN :
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR MONOFILAMENT IS CUTTING YOUR COTTON THREADS. YOU COULD QUILT THE WHOLE QUILT AGAIN GOING OVER EVERY SEAM THAT YOU QUILTED BEFORE. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY OTHER WAY TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM. SORRY.

Paulette M. :
I believe you have some sort of tension problem. I also think the only thing to do is take out and re-quilt. Is your quilting close enough together to give stability to the "sandwich"?

Barbara Dewitz :
Since monofilament is usually a nylon thread it is much stronger than the cotton and can actually cut the cotton thread under stress. Best bet is to re-quilt using all cotton thread. sorry.

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