the fairfield 80/20 pulls apart and as far as i'm concern is HORRIBLE to work with at least on a long-arm...maybe for home machine where it is all basted down and for smaller projects it is ok...it is very soft...but when i loaded it on the long arm where it hangs over the edge of table is just pulls apart with it's own weight and when someone brings me a quilt to quilt for them and brings that batting i always ask if they would mind if i used something different...seems they buy it because it's cheap...it is nothing like working with warm & natural, or the dream cotton's/dream poly's...hand quilter's love it though, because it is very soft.