the batting you choose will tell you how close you have to quilt your quilt.
you need to read the batting packages and choose a batt that meets the requirements for the amount of quilting you want to do on the quilt.
some batts have a scrim - like warm and natural- and you can have up to 10" between quilting lines- you can quilt around blocks with it without additional quilting--
and there are batts that do not have scrim--
some batts you have to quilt every 2"- which is a very dense quilting- and there is any other number between.
hobbs heirloom cotton batt needs to be quilted every 2"
there are a few batts that have 4" or 6"...
so, when you go to buy batting read the different packages and purchase the one that sounds like it will work for your project.
it's good to try different batts...i keep a batting journal- so when i am finishing a quilt top i can go through it and choose the perfect batt for that quilt.

With Warm and White or Warm and Natural you can quilt up to 10" apart, but I keep it closer to 6-8" at the most. It works great...no shifting at all.

What is scrim? Never heard that term before.

scrim is the gluey stiff stuff on the batting. It makes it so it won't fall apart with far-apart quilting.

technical terms. :mrgreen:

thanks everyone, I hadn't heard of scrim either. So I should be ok with Warm and Natural 6-10" quilting? I called Joanne's for help, asked if they needed the SKU on the receipt to know which batting I bought. They said they only sell one, and went to find out the instructions. I was disconnected, and when I called back I got VM, and it wouldn't go through.

What kind is the one that is 10" apart? I've been looking for that & haven't found it. Thanks.

Here it says up to 10"
http://www.warmcompany.com/wnpage.html

Your batting package will tell you how close the quilting needs to be together....

hope your clerks know more than the ones at our local joanns

Ditto...this is the way to do it.