About once a year there’s a 70% off batting coupon for Joann floating around and I stock up on 10 yards or so of warm and natural. Online you can buy it by the roll too. I also see it sold by the roll on amazon, though I haven’t purchased any yet. For baby quilts, donations, I’m not too picky on the batting and will take whatever is the best deal. I’ve never had an issue with bearding. For special projects I will buy packaged batting specifically for that quilt.