Adding a Polyester Blend?

I'm piecing a back and found a poly blend or two in my stash (hope there are
no others!) that goes well with the other big squares. Everything else in
this twin-size scrap quilt is 100% cotton, and I'll use cotton batting as
well. I'll MQ. The recipient won't care about having poly in there, but when
the quilt is washed, will it look weird because the cotton (all prewashed,
but still....) will shrink and the poly won't? I'd use it as about 10"
strips or blocks. Any reason not to use it?

TIA

Dogmom

It will shrink -the crinkles come mainly from the cotton batting. And unless
you pre-washed it, you can expect about 3% shrinkage. Crinkles also come
from lots of quilting, which I would recommend. The poly part will wear
differently from the cotton, and plenty of quilting will help disguise it.
Roberta in D

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I'm piecing a back and found a poly blend or two in my stash (hope there
are no others!) that goes well with the other big squares. Everything else
in this twin-size scrap quilt is 100% cotton, and I'll use cotton batting
as well. I'll MQ. The recipient won't care about having poly in there, but
when the quilt is washed, will it look weird because the cotton (all
prewashed, but still....) will shrink and the poly won't? I'd use it as
about 10" strips or blocks. Any reason not to use it?

TIA

Dogmom