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Single except for my one son who loves them puffy and tied.
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Single layer. Two layers would be hard to hand quilt for sure.
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Thank you everyone! I just love the board... I'm starting to quilt the 6 tops just finished and wasn't sure about the batting. Single it is!
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
I find it interesting that many people think a quilt must have a THICK, as in really puffy?, batting. Thick heavy quilts were not all that common across the country and were often made using yet another quilt - worn out and recycled - inside as the batting.
Of the THIRTY THOUSAND! quilts submitted to the World's Fair Century of Progress Expo in 1933, few if any quilts were in this style. If you are not making quilts from old clothing, in very basic patterns, for the sole purpose of keeping your family warm on winter nights, then the "modern" take on the batting issue is generally cotton, thin, well quilted. That does NOT negate the thick, big-pieced, tied/lightly quilted works, they ALL have their place. Jan in VA |
Originally Posted by weasier22
When using warm 'n natural batting, do you normally use single or double thickness?
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you can get batts in different lofts if you want a 'fluffier' quilt
some quilters will layer a cotton and a wool batt for a very detailed quilted whole cloth- but for normal every day quilting single thickness of the batt chosen will be enough. read the packaging to see how close the batting has to be quilted - this is important! some batts need to be quilted every 2" (very densely) some you can have upto 10" between quilting lines. the package will also tell you the loft usually somewhere between 1/8"(very thin) - 3/4" (quite-lofty) it will have scrim- or not- with scrim (like warm and natural) the fibers are bonded to a center (fabric-like netting) batts without scrim are best for hand quilting. batts with scrim are good for machine quilting- they are firmer to work with, batts without scrim pull apart easily |
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