Thread: The disappearing polyester batting

This is probably why my mom always used "sheet blankets" for the batting. I wish I could find some new ones now.

It looks like it melted. Was the quilt dried on high heat often?

I had something similar happen to a quilt that I made for my DS when he was about 12, but he took that quilt wherever he went. He's now 39, so that tells you how long ago I made it. My point is that several years down the road with numerous washings, when he came home to live for the last time, I noted that the quilt had become very thin, not sure how, but the batting seemed to have almost disappeared. Granted I had used inexpensive polyester batting, but that's why I now use Warm & Natural in my quilts, as it seems to withstand the tests of time better than polyester, just my experience.

I have a quilt on my king sized bed made well over twenty years ago with poly batting. This quilt is wash at least twice a month or more due to my three little furry babies. It is almost as good as new. A little thinner but still lovely. It was machine quilter every three inches + or -. I think it's becaise it was tied way too far apart.

That batting looked like the old poly that was available in bags. It looked like the stuffing for toys but was in a sheet roll. That's what I've used in old wallhangings. Unlike the newer batting, this looked like it had individual strands. Think it's still around.

Originally Posted by Weezy Rider

That batting looked like the old poly that was available in bags. It looked like the stuffing for toys but was in a sheet roll. That's what I've used in old wallhangings. Unlike the newer batting, this looked like it had individual strands. Think it's still around.

Thank you Weezy Rider. This put my mind at ease. I am using Dream Green polyester batting which I love. I tugged on it today to see how sturdy it is, and it didn't budge. It is a new poly batting made from ground up green soda pop bottles. I love it. No quilts I have made have been washed yet though, as I am a new quilter. (Yes, I quilt my own.)

In my dear granny's day, she didn't have batting. She used old blankets. I suppose most ladies used old blankets back in the 50's. (This doesn't have any thing to do with the subject, but thought I would toss it out there.