Warm and natural batting
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Yes, all cotton, needled onto a very fine "scrim" that helps it to hold together. It's great because you can quilt at about 10" apart and it won't bunch up or separate. It drapes beautifully, and is just warm enough. It leaves the quilt soft and cuddly.
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Warm n Natural is a cotton batting, but it's needlepunched through scrim. The scrim makes it somewhat more difficult to hand needle than a cotton batting without scrim.
My favorite cotton batting, Mountain Mist Blue Ribbon 100% cotton, is hard to needle also but for different reasons -- uneveness, oils in the batting, etc.
One of the better battings for hand quilting is Hobbs 80/20 (80% cotton 20% polyester). A lot of hand quilters also like Quilter's Dream (a flatter batting than Hobbs, I think).
My favorite cotton batting, Mountain Mist Blue Ribbon 100% cotton, is hard to needle also but for different reasons -- uneveness, oils in the batting, etc.
One of the better battings for hand quilting is Hobbs 80/20 (80% cotton 20% polyester). A lot of hand quilters also like Quilter's Dream (a flatter batting than Hobbs, I think).
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Originally Posted by teddysmom
Thanks for the info. Where can I get the Hobbs and also the Quilters Dream?
http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/Item--i-HL-90
Here's a link to the Quilter's Dream website with quite a dizzying array of options. They have a "User Guide" there that may be helpful, and they have a way of searching for locations that carry this brand. I think "Request" weight is the one most often used by hand quilters.
http://www.quiltersdreambatting.com/
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