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02-18-2015, 09:10 PM

Genden

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Black batting

The quilt top I am finishing has 44 12" appliqued blocks and a 28" appliqued center panel. The background fabric is a black/charcoal small print. Will I be sorry if I don't use black batting? I would rather not buy batting since I have an abundant stash to choose from, but no black. This quilt top has taken a long time to finish--the applique is intricate. I don't want to spoil it all with the wrong batting. Should I just go ahead and buy black batting?

02-18-2015, 11:32 PM

woody

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I am in the same situation and was wondering the same thing.

02-18-2015, 11:49 PM

Prism99

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I would bite the bullet and get black batting. There's nothing worse than white batting bearding through black fabric!

02-18-2015, 11:51 PM

juneayerza

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Want it to grow a white beard?

02-19-2015, 12:32 AM

Knitette

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The only black batting I've seen is 80/20. Does anyone know of any 100% cotton? TIA

02-19-2015, 03:46 AM

patricej

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i have used white and natural [100% cotton] batting on black quilts with no problems.
that includes a quilt with a completely black back and one with large areas of black background on the front.

i've never used 80/20 but a friend of mine loves it.
she's never had problems with bearding.

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02-19-2015, 03:54 AM

giquilt

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If the appliqué is intricate why take a chance? Save the other batting for your UFOs or start a new quilt!

02-19-2015, 05:07 AM

memepat

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I'm with giquilt why risk it. All your work and expense of fabric is it worth the chance?

02-19-2015, 05:12 AM

cheryl222

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I just ended up taking out some quilting I started on a quilt with a black background using regular batting, The bit of bearding was enough to make me redo it with black batting.

02-19-2015, 08:04 AM

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ManiacQuilter2

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From what I understand about batting, there is NO 100% cotton batting that has a scrim in it. Hobbs has always been truthful about having the poly scrim embed in it's batting. If the batting has scrim, then it is NOT 100% cotton. Scrim gives the batting support so that is the reason why you can leave larger areas unquilted. That is my understanding.