Originally Posted by
patski
I learned recently that there is an up and down side to batting. Its' easier to sew if the punched side is up
I believe that's only Warm and Natural. Most battings (such as Hobbs 80/20) do not have an up and down side.
Any batting with scrim will be harder to hand quilt. Warm and Natural is needlepunched through scrim.
Wool is the nicest to hand quilt. Needles easily and the result is very nice. My choice would be Hobbs wool.
If not wool, then Hobbs 80/20 is easy to hand quilt and has a bit of loft and softness to it.
It's not only the fiber content of the batting that makes it easy or difficult to quilt. How the batting is manufactured makes a huge difference. Loft affects it too. I wouldn't want a high loft batting for that reason.