I am making a quilt for my son. I am quilting it by machine (stitch in the ditch) and I want to leave the 8 inch blocks unquilted except for between the blocks. Will the quilt batting hold up if it is not quilted in the middle of the blocks?

It depends on the batting. Most should indicate how close to quilt. Most need more quilting than you want.

I personally wouldn't leave that much space unquilted, but you should read on your particular batting and it tells you how much space you can leave. Good Luck

Even if you do have a batt that allows that much space for quilting it is a good idea to do something in that large of a space. Over the years the batt may separate and end up being little balls inside the quilt.

warm and Natural is one brand of batting that states that you need only quilt every 8 inches..as others have said, check the package.

i agree check the package but seems to be a large space with no quilting

I think Warm n Natural would be okay, but most other battings would not. WnN is needlepunched through scrim; the scrim makes it more stable.

the density of quilting requirements is directly dictated by your batting, you have to read your packaging to find your answer. some batts require quilting every 2" some you can have up to 10" between quilting lines...and all measurments in between. it is important for a good outcome to follow the requirments the batting package says.

in the blocks just make a block in side for quilting. that would look cool i think. but deffinatly check the requirments. 8" is a very large space to leave unquilted though. you don't want the batting to break down and make it puffy there eventually.