Mixing fabric types in quilts????

[rosebud3]

Is it okay to mix fabric types in quilts. A dear friend of mine lost her husband a while back. She gave me some of his Pendleton shirts to make his daughter (her step daughter) a comfort quilt. There are not enough to make a complete quilt just out of the shirts. So I was wondering; is it acceptable to use cotton and wool together in the same quilt? Any and all help/suggestions welcome and appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Mary/Rosebud

[FlorenceM]

I would because they would be well preshrunk.

[lorettav]

I have used different types of fabric in a quilt. Not sure about wool. Sometimes it has to be drycleaned.

[cindyg]

I have not had any experience with this so I'm no help.

[JayKay]

I would take a page from our great grannies.......they used anything they had handy....and I have several of those quilts still going strong all these years later.


Joyce

[purrfect-lady]

I would go for it! My mom had a quilt that was made from wools, cottons, silks, laces, and other fabrics. It was beautiful!! And yours will be, too.

[scrapquilter48]

With curdoroy it has the fray factor, so maybe make a wider seam, of course the heavier fabrics will maybe last through time more than another nxt to it.. I tried fortrell once cz that was the trend back in the day.. Boy is that fabric hard to stitch by hand.

[Pilot2b]

Have never done this before. with the rich fabric of Pendelton I would use a good quality of wool to match colors, etc.

Helen