My favorite cotton batting for hand quilting is Request by Dream Cotton. I have a friend that only hand quilts and she only uses Mountain Mist, white or cream Rose. Actually the Request is a milli inch thinner than the MM Rose. Both are good. Dream Cotton also has a very nice poly batt. I would never use Warm & Natural again for hand quilting, it was very hard to get small stitches. I was told by a quilt shop owner that W&N was originally developed for craft work. I think it makes a machine quilted quilt too stiff, I prefer mine soft and snuggly. Just my opinions from my experiences.