frannella

Hobb's silk is awesome with a beautifully soft heft, feel, loft, and drape, but it's very pricey and possibly has less heft and weight as cotton Many quilters love the fact that silk battings are lighter weight but that means they are also less lofty and I love the loft and resilience of a wool batt. Despite my affection for wool batts, I think silk batts are really special.

I have only used Hobbs silk once for a table cloth (loved it) and have a king-sized silk batt which I originally planned to use for a wedding quilt someday, but now maybe not. Maybe I should stick with wool, moths and all?. The silk batts are too expensive to test with, but a primary consideration for me is whether silk battings will work out the fold lines from storing or shipping. It's not an issue for me, but show quilts can sit in boxes for months and those fold lines detract from viewing them. Another consideration is whether silk is attractive to bugs as wool is.

Bottom line, I am finding storage and protection of wool batt rolls a real challenge and there doesn't seem to be a commercial fix out there, affordable or not. Definitely trickier than storing cotton batts rolls. I may have to buy a chest freezer to freeze the moths to death. Grrrr. Thanks for the conversation and your ideas.