Hand quilters please! Advice!
 

I have always hand quilted. I am making "something special" for my daughter. I have almost always used Mountain Mist Quilt Lite for my bigger projects and this one is a monster. I was thinking of using some Warm and Natural this time and have reached panic mode. Will it be a whole lot harder to quilt through its thickness? I know I can do it - but I truly want to enjoy it too. Any feedback - pro or con? I have to do this soon. Christmas is coming.

Frankly, I wouldn't use Warm and Natural. It has a scrim so the batting can be quilted as far apart as 10 inches, but that makes it harder to hand quilt through. If you want a cotton batting, you might think about Hobbs 80/20 - it's a mix, but one of my hand quilting friends uses it and makes beautiful stitches.

That being said, there are hand quilters who think Warm and Natural is wonderful. If you think Warm and Natural is for you, maybe you should try a sample sandwich before you invest a lot of time.

I would recommend Hobbs 80/20 for hand quilting. the stiffness, scrim of warm & natural does make it less *fun* to hand stitch. Hobbs Wool and Dream wool are also nice battings for hand quilting.

I think it would be very difficult to make tiny stitches - but the stitching itself is quite possible.

I agree with the other posters. Warm and Natural is a *lot* more difficult to hand quilt because of the scrim, especially if you are used to Mountain Mist Quilt Lite. Hobbs 80/20 would be a much better choice.

Have to agree with everyone else, plus if it is a large quilt it is alot heavier, since I started using a cotton/poly mix have found it so much better for hand quilting, still just as warm but not the weight and washes beautifully every time.

Warm and Natural and white and natural are not made for hand quilting and you will not enjoy it. I like Mountain Mist for hand quilting or wool (pricey). I have also used Hobbs 80/20 and that is OK too.

I had always used Warm & Natural until recently. Then I came across Dream Cotton. I use the Request (?) - it's the thinner batting and i like it a lot. I prefer 100% cotton - never thought why, just do.

W&N is thicker, my stitches were a bit larger. The Dream Cotton is thinner and i like that the quilt isn't as heavy. My stitches are also smaller.

I love the Quilter's Dream line. Your needle fairly glides through and it looks lovely when finished. I use the Request loft which is the thinnest, but they are all very easy to quilt through.

I agree with lockesnest....The Dream line of batting is wonderful. I use it all the time with hand and machine quilting.