I can't even imagine.

Treat yourself to a new seam ripper; that one is sure to be duller.

I beat myself up sometimes because I tend to stick with what I know, but maybe that has been a good thing. Still, I would like to know what batting to avoid.

I think that was part of the problem, it didn't look needle punched and there was no scrim. As for the quilting, I did a diagonal grid in both directions, with the lines crisscrossing. Every open space was under three inches. I think it had a 4 to 6" recommended quilting space. I still can't believe how much it disintegrated in the wash. I couldn't return any of it as I had bought it last year and it was no longer in the original packaging - it just came in a cardboard box with a label on the box (discarded) and the batting was wrapped in clear plastic with no other labeling. I don't even remember the name of the discount place I bought it from. I have definitely learned to read reviews and make sure they are up to date and very recent ones. No more buying from an unknown place on a whim, for sure.

Add me to those who respectfully ask you to post more information on the brand and type of batting - it's possible you were sent a cheap counterfeit rather than the actual batting you had ordered. I understand if you don't want to name the merchant, although you mentioned it was a "discount place", so if it's not a known online quilt/fabric store at least please confirm that. The more you can share, the more likely you'll save someone else from the same headaches.

I'm certain that it was some kind of a cheap off-the-wall kind of batting. As I mentioned above, I have no recall of the name of the place I ordered/bought it from due to the time span since I purchased it, and as there was only a label on the box that I discarded when I received it and nothing on the inside plastic bag of batting. If I remember correctly, the batting was only listed as 'Quilt Batting'. Thankfully this wasn't a repeat purchase, just a one time mistake on my part.

The batting definitely wasn't one of the name brand battings that we see all the time. I guess I would just pass on to everyone here that you don't need to worry about ending up with this batting, unless you purchase batting that is only labeled as 'Quilt Batting' only and not having a brand name on it.

Just to note: I wouldn't call it a counterfeit batting as to be a counterfeit it would have had to have a brand name on the batting, that was being sold as that brand name's product when it wasn't actually that brand name's product. Example: Like someone selling cheap jeans with a fake L E E label on them when they aren't actually made by L E E jeans..

I appreciate you letting us know what you could about that bad batting. I would never want to get into a mess like that. I don't know that I would have the where with all to unpick a whole quilt like you did.