Puffy quilt advice please
07-03-2018, 03:54 AM
#11
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Davenport, Iowa
Posts: 3,810
I once had a quilt long armed quilted and asked for a puffy quilting. When I got it back she had used 2 layers of batting to make it thicker. The darn thing was so heavy that you couldn't lift it or sleep beneath it at all. Have yet to figure out why she did it. Ruined a great quilt top!!
07-03-2018, 10:00 AM
#12
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,096
Hi! I'm going to make a quilt for my 18 year old grandson (as I did for his brothers) as he goes off to university. However, he says that he would like a "puffy' quilt. I'm thinking 2 layers of high loft poly batting which I guess I would have to tie rather than do stitch quilting. I feel this limits my choice of pattern ....any advice, opinions and suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks!
The only way you can do this is make a practice piece or two. If you do use 2 layers of high-loft polyester batting ask a longarm quilter if they can deal with it or not. I think they can do it ok.
07-04-2018, 10:07 AM
#14
Power Poster
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PA
Posts: 10,703
07-06-2018, 08:50 PM
#15
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 38
Thanks for all of your ideas! It is not the little puffy squares quilt that he wants. He is saying puffy as opposed to a quilt made with a cotton batting that is flat when quilted. I will not be sending it to a longarm quilter. I would like to make a pattern other than just squares...I would like one of the 3D type patterns but don't know if that would be lost in "puffiness"! : )
07-06-2018, 08:58 PM
#16
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 38
07-06-2018, 09:27 PM
#17
Power Poster
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Western Wisconsin
Posts: 12,930
This pattern isn't 3D, but it's one of my favorites for guys:
https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/pat...ern-pdf/286448
Close quilting will flatten even puffy battings. I think what your grandson wants is something soft, like a commercial comforter. To achieve that effect, you want to use a high-loft polyester batting and minimal quilting. In order for minimal quilting not to ball up and shred after several washings, it needs to be a high quality polyester batting. I'm not an expert on poly's, but Hobbs PolyDown is one of the softer, higher-loft polyester battings. Here is a link to it:
http://www.hobbsbatting.com/products/poly-down/ . Website says you can quilt up to 4" apart.
I would argue against layering with a cotton batting simply because the cotton will add a lot of weight and no loft. Layering with wool would be better because wool provides more loft than cotton and also weighs considerably less than cotton.
https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/pat...ern-pdf/286448
Close quilting will flatten even puffy battings. I think what your grandson wants is something soft, like a commercial comforter. To achieve that effect, you want to use a high-loft polyester batting and minimal quilting. In order for minimal quilting not to ball up and shred after several washings, it needs to be a high quality polyester batting. I'm not an expert on poly's, but Hobbs PolyDown is one of the softer, higher-loft polyester battings. Here is a link to it:
http://www.hobbsbatting.com/products/poly-down/ . Website says you can quilt up to 4" apart.
I would argue against layering with a cotton batting simply because the cotton will add a lot of weight and no loft. Layering with wool would be better because wool provides more loft than cotton and also weighs considerably less than cotton.
07-07-2018, 07:59 PM
#19
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 38
This pattern isn't 3D, but it's one of my favorites for guys:
https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/pat...ern-pdf/286448
Close quilting will flatten even puffy battings. I think what your grandson wants is something soft, like a commercial comforter. To achieve that effect, you want to use a high-loft polyester batting and minimal quilting. In order for minimal quilting not to ball up and shred after several washings, it needs to be a high quality polyester batting. I'm not an expert on poly's, but Hobbs PolyDown is one of the softer, higher-loft polyester battings. Here is a link to it:
http://www.hobbsbatting.com/products/poly-down/ . Website says you can quilt up to 4" apart.
I would argue against layering with a cotton batting simply because the cotton will add a lot of weight and no loft. Layering with wool would be better because wool provides more loft than cotton and also weighs considerably less than cotton.
https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/pat...ern-pdf/286448
Close quilting will flatten even puffy battings. I think what your grandson wants is something soft, like a commercial comforter. To achieve that effect, you want to use a high-loft polyester batting and minimal quilting. In order for minimal quilting not to ball up and shred after several washings, it needs to be a high quality polyester batting. I'm not an expert on poly's, but Hobbs PolyDown is one of the softer, higher-loft polyester battings. Here is a link to it:
http://www.hobbsbatting.com/products/poly-down/ . Website says you can quilt up to 4" apart.
I would argue against layering with a cotton batting simply because the cotton will add a lot of weight and no loft. Layering with wool would be better because wool provides more loft than cotton and also weighs considerably less than cotton.
07-07-2018, 08:38 PM
#20
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 9,571
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
