Puffy quilt advice please
 

Hi! I'm going to make a quilt for my 18 year old grandson (as I did for his brothers) as he goes off to university. However, he says that he would like a "puffy' quilt. I'm thinking 2 layers of high loft poly batting which I guess I would have to tie rather than do stitch quilting. I feel this limits my choice of pattern ....any advice, opinions and suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks!

Wool batting gives a nice loft. Puffy compared to cotton, but still easy to quilt.

I would use a single layer of Hobbs Polydown. It is puffy but still can be quilted. Keep quilting lines as far apart as batting directions say you can to retain loft. Some high loft batting is somewhat stiff but the Hobbs is soft. Two layers of the stiffer high loft poly would be not-so-nice, I think. Two layers of Hobbs wool might be a possibility.

For puffy, I would tie. And, I would use squares for the top and tie in the squares corners and in the middle of each square. Nice and puffy and surprisingly durable.

Does he want a biscuit quilt? None of the above would apply if that is what he meant, except for the tying.

I just layered Hobbs Tuscany poly (soft and thick) with a soft cotton and could still FMQ it. Very soft and quite thick.

There is also Quilters Dream Puff. It has a high loft and is still “machine-quiltable.”

I think what he might be asking for is a puff quilt where you make square pockets and sew them in rows. You leave one of the sides of each square pocket open and you stuff it with Polyfil. Then you join rows. It looks like a lot of little pillows sewn together. YouTube has a few tutorial videos showing how it's done. Type in "Easy Puff Quilt Tutorial" and see what comes up.

Here is a good example of a puff quilt:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwe28kZLv78