Dear TEd: I didn't grow any fungi or whatever to prove it, but I have had every thread holding a
shirt button break as though it had been soaked in strong chemical. Mildew seems to be the only
explanation. It is a a bit tricky sewing with nylon or other synthetic thread. I can understand a
quilter not wanting to bother with it. My wife wouldn't. She also would use a machine to quit, until
she got very painful repetitive motion injury, and could no sew by hand any longer. I despse quilts
because they are so easily damaged, particulary by washing. They may be an art form, but their real
reason for existing was high cost of fabric a hundred years ago meant old garments were worth
salvaging, even small pieces. Quilts today are a stupid anachronism.
And everybody seems to have overlooked fact I said I hate synthethics in contact with me. But
shirts with fabric made with synthetic core wrapped with cotton make good sense. And if I replace
a button, I do it with nylon or other synthetic thread. Even though the shirt will wear out before
the button breaks off again. End of rant.
