pressing batting
 

I just sandwiched a full bed quilt (for a full size bunk bed) that is 75X85. The twin sized batting was 72X90. I wondered if it wouldn't be close enough. I pressed it and lo and behold - it worked! Barely, but it worked. When I told a friend I had ironed the batting to make it work she said she always irons her batting. Hmmmm. Not me.. I sandwich on a full bed with a pillow top mattress - it is a bit rounded and the shape seems to help the quilt pieces to cling and drape nicely. I hand press - rub my arm and hand over each piece as I sandwich - and never saw a need to iron before.

So what do the rest of you do?

I usually spray the batting and put it in the dryer but last time I had some ugly crease
I sprayed it with water/vinegar and ironed it with some muslin in between (just to keep
my iron clean). For a bigger piece I would probably just put in the dryer as usual.

if you iron it, then wash the finished quilt, would the batting try to go back to its original size? just askin' as i've never ironed batting.

I've never had a piece of batting that didn't come with a huge crease in it, so I've always ironed.

I always just throw mine in the dryer

I press with a steam iron (up and down motion). I don't move the iron around because I don't want to stretch the batting.

If it badly wrinkled .. I just mist it a bit and toss in the dryer. Sometimes just adding a few damp wash cloths does the trick if the wrinkles aren't too bad when I put it in the dryer.

If the batting is wrinkled, I throw it in the dryer with a damp towel. I would never, ever iron it - sounds like too much work! I have the same question as QuiltnNan about whether pressing the batting to make it larger is a good idea. I always piece on another scrap of batting if I'm short.

I agree with Dunster.

I so agree with Dunster!!!!!