The green colored batting is not bamboo. It is the recycled plastic bottle material. It acts a lot like poly, but seems to not beard.

Not long ago, my Guild had a guest who demonstrated the burning tendencies of batting. The one that practically exploded was the bamboo batting. I believe I will stick with warm and natural or another tighter woven batting just for that reason. They burn slower and not as damaging to the skin when melted. Just think of a child who is in a fire, he may grab his blanket and run to a corner before the fireman can get to the child. Just a thought and I wonder about that green recycled plastic batting too. I purchased some of it last summer and wished I had not got it. Perhaps it will go into a wall hanging since I imagine it would melt quickly too.

Wow, I hesitated to write on this thread. I really believe in Cotton, wool and other fibers that are basically raw when you use them.
Anything I use that is nearer its natural form is for me.
Raw food is better for you than canned, so the more processing done the more likely it has something added to it.

Ditto!! Everyone thinks if it is labeled "green" it has to be better.
Check the small print. These products usually cost more to process and use alot more chemicals and electricity to process. They also cost alot more to purchase.

I thought I read somewhere that Connecting Threads uses cotton grown in the USA?

I love cotton, sheets, clothes, towels, batting. But...I live in cotton growing country, and it may not require toxic chemicals to process the raw cotton into the many end products, but they still defoliate the plant before picking the cotton, and they use chemicals similar to "agent orange" to do that. I don't know much about the processing of bamboo, but I am a certified landscape nursery pro, and most bamboo's don't require a lot of water to grow well. Some varieties will grow 2 feet in one day.

bamboo fabrics are great to work with too!

When you figured this out, I can provide the kudzu. :lol:

And when the hemp wears out, you can smoke it!!! (joke)

I have used the bamboo batting. Love the way it quilts BUT hate the expense!!!! Even for craft sized package (baby quilt maybe) it's as expensive as a queen size roll of cotton batting. DD #2 loves to use the scraps for her little projects - mostly bookmarks. Haven't washed anything as it's all been used in tablerunners or wall hangings. Will need to find a good sale before I buy any more of it and am not sure I will buy more of it. Recently found a partial roll of batting that I was unaware of its existence in my house. Definitely need to do more digging in the disaster area known as my craft room. :)

EXACTLY! Green does not necessarily mean better. It is often used as a sales gimmick.

June,
Cotton is grown in the US. There is even a fabric store in the web that specializes in US fabrics to the extent they have their own fabric sent overseas to be batiked.

Yes, cotton does require soil suppliments, but since this has been known for well over a century, as well as how this can be done in envirmentally friendly ways (such as alternative crops being planted) I'm not sure where the rumor about cotton originated.

If there are more questions, I'd check with the Cooperative Extension Service in your state for information. They are the ag experts.

Hi Ruth & all Bamboo fans. Fibre sustainable & fast growing. Fabrics & towels beautiful.

The factories that get it from bamboo to spun yarn are old technology viscose factories that are highly pollutant - air & water.