Best batting for hand quilting??
01-14-2018, 11:07 AM
#22
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Location: Spring Lake, Michigan
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Wool is the easiest to hand quilt. Cotton is the hardest. Wool is described as “quilting through butter” and gives hand stitches great definition. Cotton is stickier and tends to “grab” the needle, creating a little drag on each stitch. 80/20 is a good compromise when cost is a factor.
edit: brand is a huge factor. I prefer Hobbs.
edit: brand is a huge factor. I prefer Hobbs.
I will save up for wool battings. It has made a huge difference in the drag on my hands.
04-23-2019, 12:38 PM
#24
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Join Date: Apr 2019
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Is Quilters Dream the best cotton batting for hand sewing, then? It also needs to be reasonably robust, for a bed or sofa quilt.
I can't use wool, annoyingly, because we have a serious moth problem and it will disappear in months! My felt projects have all turned into powder.
I'm prepared to go with polyester, but am most temped by cotton because I'd like a more medium temperature quilt rather than a warm-and-then-warmer one, and it's possibly more environmentally friendly (at least if unbleached). I've uses two types of polyester before, one was horrid, all stiff and crispy, and one was nice and fluffy.
I can't use wool, annoyingly, because we have a serious moth problem and it will disappear in months! My felt projects have all turned into powder.
I'm prepared to go with polyester, but am most temped by cotton because I'd like a more medium temperature quilt rather than a warm-and-then-warmer one, and it's possibly more environmentally friendly (at least if unbleached). I've uses two types of polyester before, one was horrid, all stiff and crispy, and one was nice and fluffy.
04-23-2019, 08:57 PM
#26
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Location: kansas
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since Connecting Threads has the 30% discount right now on bat, I vote for the Tuscany Cotton Supreme. It's thicker, and super soft and does not have a scrim--it's thicker than most cotton bat, but just yummy--and that30% discount makes it doable.
04-23-2019, 11:55 PM
#27
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I've gathered. However, moths have destroyed several of my craft projects and clothes in the past, however vigilant I am, so I simply can't face using wool again. Especially as the quilt is a present and the moths are on the wing at the moment, so it would be awful if I spread the infestation to someone else's house.
04-24-2019, 07:02 AM
#28
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Houston, TX
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Quilters Dream "request" (not "select") is their thinnist batting. I love it for hand quilting. Amazon's prices are as good as or better than connecting thread's sale prices on quilters dream Cotton and with prime there is no shipping charges. (Their wool prices are higher though.....so that is a real sale)
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