Sewnoma

Cool, thanks for all the links!!

Someone here posted awhile back about bamboo batting, that it goes through a process that is not at all
environmentally friendly. That soy/cotton batting sounds really interesting!

I'm surprised there aren't more corn-based battings on offer...seems like the US has such a corn surplus. Can't they make polyester out of corn now? (Maybe I'm mixing things up and that's not possible...)

And of course for batting there's always the old-school (and very "green") method of simply encasing an old worn out quilt or blanket in a new top and back.

tropit

I'm also curious about how silk batting is produced. Is it environmentally friendly?

~ C

tropit

I get wheezy when I walk into a fabric store and my eyes tear up. It's so sad, because I LOVE fabric. It just doesn't love me. I think that the dyes and finishes have a lot to do with it. On top of that, some stores will have some air freshener, or candle fragrance going on and that just does me in...I have to leave right away.

~ C.

memereof8

Sewnoma can you direct me to where you read there is a surplus of corn in the US? I would like to read this info.

juneayerza

tropit, thanks for posting this information. Over a few generations who knows what all these chemicals will do to humanity.