Mary M

I bought some 80/20 to try. Usually buy the warm and natural but this should give me a little fluff which I like for quilts that will be used. It does say that it will shrink 2%.

Linda1

I buy poly batting on a 70 yard roll for $72.00 from Wilson Sales in Boaz, Alabama. I have done a lot of quilts with it for all my customers and have never had any complaints so far (knock on wood). When I was quilting full time for other people I would order 5 rolls at a time but now I drive the 2 hours and get 2 at a time.

Farm Quilter

Also, cotton doesn't melt and catch fire when it is used under or over an electric blanket.

lnikkers52

if you do chairty quilt they don't want you to use poly . an alergic thing and it's melts in case of fire.

tryitall

That's me all over again.

pieces

I like the polyester batting. It really puffs after being machine quilted. I think it holds up well after repeated washings that a crib/lap quilt require.

gaillynne

poly is very hard to work with and won't look as nice. After you spend the time and money making a beautiful top, poly can ruin it.

deranged_damsel

I make mostly baby quilts. poly is a no no with newborns because it dosent breath and can over heat a small child.

I like cotton because it is warmer, drapes better, feels more cuddly. I LOVE cotton because it is perfect for the babies!!!

rndelling

I have volunteered at Project Linus and they use polyester batting and tie their quilts with polyester yarn.

kwiltkrazy

Wow, talk about learning something new every day, so many things I didn't know.

I have used all kinds if batting, but my preference is warm and natural, I like the feel, there is no smell, you can iron on it, and you don't have to quilt as dense. But, I also like the fact that it is natural, and is not made from petroelum products. I rarely use poly because of that, but I did use it when I did my first trapunto project, because that is what everyone suggested. It looked beautiful, but it was a wall hanging, and no one would be bundled up in it. I only do machine quilting so so many things that would bother a hand quilter are not important to me. Another reason I don't use poly is that my husband is a asthmatic, and he swears he can smell the poly, and it bothers him.

I felt some of the bamboo batting, I think I would use that in a instant, because it feels like silk, and it is very green to the environment. That is very important to me. But it is so expensive, there is no way I could afford it with all the quilts that I make.

I have never heaard of the batting made from plastic bottles.

Like I said, you learn something new everyday. Thank you all for all the info.