Peckish

I agree with this statement. I have tried many battings and my favorite by far is Quilter's Dream. I can't think of anything anyone could say that would get me to switch.

Having said that, I have seen articles mention wool batting when it's used in a quilt.

jo bauer

If you can find Harriet Hargreve's (sp)book on quilting (my library has it), she does a great job of examining batting, when to use what kind, and different brands. However, the book was published some years before some of the newer brands were on the market.

Geri B

Can you say what/why on the usage of different battings?

Friday1961

I think it's because it doesn't show and they are all about "image," or the "pretty" part of the quilt.

But I agree, it would be helpful. It is an important part of the quilt, after all, and the wrong batting -- or quilted wrong -- could conceivably ruin all that beautiful "image" work.

quilterpurpledog

Harriet Hargrave was involved in the testing and development of some of the Hobbs products and you can still see her name mentioned on them. And, she and her daughter Carrie have developed and written a great book resource for quilters. She has a two day class that it very well done and offers lots of information. One of the resources she made available was a stack of different batting pieces. All fibers and combinations were in the group. The instruction was to use a top and backing of a good quality muslin and make a sandwich with each batting piece. Then, use it to practice different techniques of quilting. I kind of divided my squares in sections and used different kinds of threads as well. I used a permanent pen to carefully catalog what I had done. I loved the project. I now can look through my samples and decide on a batting for my projects that gives the look I want. I keep a few batts around but, as I rule, I buy only a couple at a time for the project intended. I made a king size quilt for a son and daughter in law and used silk and it was great. I have also used wool. I also notice that some quilt makers who publish their quilts tell about combinations of batting they use for special effects. The question is: What end result are you looking for and how do you plan to get to that end point. There are so many wonderful variables in today's quilting world. I really like my 'private' catalogs of examples.

gramajo

Many of the patterns in magazines list the line of fabric used in the quilt. It would be easy to add one line listing the batting used in the sample. Editors, please listen.

Sandygirl

Magazine are advertising. Projects use one collection of fabric. Perhaps the batting Companies are not approached for "advertising" as part of the project?? Just speculating. Email the shop that produced the featured quilt in the magazine. There is typically a " kit" to buy.
sandy