Quilting with raw cotton as baten
Both of my grandmothers used cotton straight from my gd'father's gin. The cotton had been ginned, no seeds, just the loose fiber. Neither one of them knew what bought batting was. It was from them that I learned how to quilt.
In all the years around both of them, I don't remember how they laid the cotton out. I mostly just helped with the piecing. They would use a machine to piece, but all quilting was done by hand.
I've just been given a large crocker sack of fresh cotton and would like to try my hand at least on a small quilt using this cotton. Does anyone have experience with loose cotton? I'd appreciate any help or ideas.