I am a hand quilter and I started out using W & N because I took a quilt class and that is what the teacher said to use. I thought at the time it was the best thing. But when I joined this board and started reading what several people were saying about it I decided to try other things. I like wool but I have to order it on line and lots of time I am excited to get my stuff in and ready for sandwiching so I buy 80/20 and I like it. I have used Dream Cotton and it is okay. There is one cotton that I bought that tore apart easily but I can't remember which cotton that was. I now really like wool, or 80/20 the best. I did buy some 100% poly but for some reason I haven't used it. The older I get the more I want a batting that is easy to get my needle through and W & N is hard to quilt for me.