Originally Posted by Prism99
Originally Posted by Joeysnana
Do you all soak the batting before using it as the package suggests? I looked at it for the first time at Joann's this past weekend and didn't buy it because I didn't want to have to soak and towel dry it before using it.
Which batting?
I have heard of soaking Warm n Natural to soften it for hand quilting, and have heard of soaking Fairfield cotton to remove sizing that makes hand quilting more difficult.
I don't think it's ever necessary to soak a batting that will be machine quilted unless you *really* do not any *any* shrinkage in a cotton batting. Most cotton battings have only minimal shrinking anyway. Poly batts don't shrink at all.
I would be hand quilting, so I guess I would want to soften it?