Originally Posted by carol45
So I bought 2 king size Hobbs 80/20 batting and wanted to preshrink it. I soaked it in the washing machine according to the directions, drained it. I believe it was fine when I put it in the dryer. I fluffed it in the dryer and when it came out a lot of it was shredded. I wonder if any of it is useful--how do I know if the non shredded portions are uniform thickness? How do I know that they also haven't been weakened? Bummer.
I think I have posted a couple times that one of my instructors decided to test all the different brands of batting we could come up with for her quilt class.(soaked in washer /dried in dryer) We were so surprised when we saw that the Hobbs was shredded with our test at that time it was the most popular in the shop. I removed it donated/reduced and stop caring Hobbs. When I hear quilter say they have used it I am so sad. We did a shortened machine cycle I hate to think what a couple washings would do to a quilt w/HB. If you want a good quality batting Quilter Dream batting is great.
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