Originally Posted by smagruder
Beautiful work. I, too, would like to know what you use for the padding... some kind of batting... maybe the cotton???
I use Polyfil traditional batting by Fairfield. I experimented with lots of differant ones when I first started and this is what my buyer and I decided on. I use two layers of it. It is a dense batting and it is easy to work with. You can stretch it a bit if needed when I cut too short. I don't stretch it much because that would weaken it too much but a little to make sure it gets included in the seam is ok.
I don't care for the cotton and as I am selling my stuff I don't feel the need to buy the more expensive heat resistannt batting. I have sold hundreds of them over 15 yrs and noone has complained. I have used them too and not had any problem with getting burned.