Has anyone used the simply cotton batting or the 100% bamboo batting?
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and if so - do you like it?
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I'm a hand quilter, but have not used these products. I'm also interested in finding out if anyone has & what they thought about each product!
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Originally Posted by teddysmom
Has anyone used the simply cotton batting or the 100% bamboo batting?
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The batting I have used is a low loft 80/20 cotton/poly blend (either Hobbs or Warm & Natural purchased at JoAnn's), and it was fine.
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No but I finished my first hand quilted kids quilt last night and i used some new flannel that was in my old stash. Worked really nice. I didn't want it too thick. It wasn't for Downy Kids Quilts.
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Have not seen it here. Use warm and natural. Would love to give it a try.
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Bamboo batting after quilting seemed lifeless.
No spring, no something I probably can't describe. I didn't think it draped right. Just unhappy with it. Saving my other bamboo batt for making fat-quarter sized changing pads for babies and for the bottom of my dog's crate. Warm and natural is much better all the way around but I couldn't resist trying something new. While bamboo is a natural fast growing tree the conversion to fiber is not without cost and not lauded for its greeness in the making of the fiber. Jois |
I haven't used it but a friend of mine used the bamboo and said if she could afford it she'd use it on every quilt. She raved about how nice it was to quilt. I think there is a cotton bamboo mixed that is a bit cheaper.
How does the bambbo stand up to washing? |
Originally Posted by Jois
Bamboo batting after quilting seemed lifeless.
No spring, no something I probably can't describe. I didn't think it draped right. Just unhappy with it. Saving my other bamboo batt for making fat-quarter sized changing pads for babies and for the bottom of my dog's crate. Warm and natural is much better all the way around but I couldn't resist trying something new. While bamboo is a natural fast growing tree the conversion to fiber is not without cost and not lauded for its greeness in the making of the fiber. Jois i've also used the green batt , which is made from recycled plastic bottles...it was ok to work with, and so far is holding up well...only downfall---it's green...so you cant put it into a light colored quilt. it will show through ( i machine quilted this one though, so i don't know how it is to needle by hand) |
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