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The label on all batting tells you the recommended quilting distance for the batting. I went an got a package of fusible from my closet and it still says recommended quilting of 2". I too think if it had been quilted and not tied it would probably still be ok. It is too bad that happened but she still loves it all the same and that is what matters.
Debbie
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Reading about batting not holding up makes me wonder about the fabric. I've read many comments about washing or not washing fabric first. Could anyone share some "happenings" about what has happened to quilts that the fabric wasn't prewashed and also if the fabric was bought at a store other than a quilt store. In my quilting group, some absolutely will use nothing but quilting store fabric, others use whatever they can find. I have done both or even combined quilt store fabric with fabric from box stores. Also - when you use a jelly roll or any other small pre-cuts that really can't be prewashed, how will they stand up - have any of you had good, bad or ugly results? Thanks for sharing.
My experience with quilt shop fabric is that some of it is twice as expensive and half as good as fabric sold by JoAnn, Hobby Lobby or even Wal Mart. Wherever you buy fabric, you've got to be knowledgeable enough to read and understand the end of the bolt and to know by the feel (called "hand") whether what you are getting is good enough quality to spend your money on. I am becoming more and more cautious about buying even well-known brands of fabric. I never pre-wash anything and now that color catchers are available, never worry too much about colors running. My mother always prewashed everything because in the old days, fabric sometimes shrank 10 percent. froggyintexas
Amen, to what Froggy said! If folks want to pay $12+ a yard and feel they're getting better quality, more power to them! However, you can find some of that EXACT same fabric for less $, if you try. Thousands of Bolts has many of the same fabrics, for roughly $5 a yard. Yes, the EXACT ones. TOB carries great and not-so-great fabric, so it helps to stick with the brands you know.Originally Posted by FroggyinTexas
Most of my fabric comes from either TOB or Hobby Lobby. Our two local WalMarts used to carry nice fabric (at great prices) but they seem to have changed their marketing policy, in the fabric section. Now there seems to be more lower-quality stuff and when I do find something nice (at WM), it's more expensive than at Hobby Lobby. :-(
Neesie
By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
~Richard Dawkins
Thank you FroggyinTexas! I am new to quilting but I still remember things my Granny taught me many moons ago.
Whenever we went shopping for dresses, or fabric, she would wad up a fist full and hold for about 10 seconds. When she let go if it was full of wrinkles she wouldn't buy. If it sprang back nicely, that was what she was looking for.
I prewash fabric due to allergies - mine! When a quilt is completed, I wash it in cold water, and a free and clear detergent, color catchers. Then it goes into the dryer on the hot setting. I don't use fabric softener or fabric softener sheets because of my allergies.
So far, all have survived the wash in good shape. I generally quilt moderately densely, so there is never an unquilted space larger than 4 ".
A quilt is like a good life. It's full of mistakes, but, in the end, it looks pretty good.
My current package of Mountain Mist says 5 inches for tying.
Was it machine dried on anything other than low heat? When polyester fiber is overheated, it can sometimes soften/shrivel up, similar to how that batting looks.
Neesie
By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
~Richard Dawkins
That was my first thought when I saw it. It almost has a melted look to it, but if it still soft, that would not explain it.
Better to do something imperfectly, than nothing perfectly.
Done is better than perfect.
I have seen this happen with cotton batting too. Also, maybe it was in a dryer that was too warm.
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