Originally Posted by Late Bloomer

I have used various battings and do hand quilting, so as a result, my quilts usually come out soft and comfy. I notice that the heavily machine quilted quilts seem to be able to almost stand up by themselves and I never could understand why they have to machine quilt themselves into such a frenzy of stitching. That is only my opinion, but hand quilting will never be stiff.Sometimes less is definitely better. Good luck!