I have moved your thread to the "Turkey" section.
Out of curiosity, what is wrong with those fabrics you don´t want? And isn´t it a pain in the rear not to be able to wash a quilt?
Thank you Catwoman.
As for those fabrics. Acetate is not a stable fabric, it is synthetic and degrades very fast. In fact, if one wanted to made a design on acetate and then soaked it in a strong solution, the acetate disintegrates leaving only the design sewn with cotton or cotton thread. Acetate is what is often used to line jackets, pants and garments. We all have the experience of linings that rapidly disintegrate, right? Well, that is acetate.
Polyester is produced out of a gooey tar like mass of petroleum and coal by product to produce fabrics. The fabric produced is a very strong, but not biodegradable, has poor absorbtion and breathability. When it burns, or gets too hot, it turns into a sticky gooey tar like substance that sticks to the skin. It´s horrible to have that hot sticky burning thing stuck to one´s skin, thus a quilt out of it brings up horrible images.
I prefer organic fabrics like cotton, silk or wool, and I think they are healthier for us. Fine cotton is long fiber cotton. What that means is the fabric can have a finer satin like surface. Cotton, like all fibers comes in different grades dependant on the quality of the individual fibers that are then spun into threads that are woven into fabrics.
Well, I´m pretty sure this is much more than you probably ever wanted to know about "those" other fabrics.......or any fabric for that matter.
Yes, the inablility to wash anything, particularly bed cloths is not appealing. It doesn´t seem practical or reasonable, knowing Turks to be very pragmatic people, I´m asking about truth of that statement.
Edited (12/11/2009) by alameda
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