Scrim Up or Down?
 

I can never remember. Pls tell me and I'll write it down. Does the scrim side of the batting face up or down in a quilt sandwich?

one more thing I never remember. i know it's been asked here before.

I use Hobbs cotton with scrim, and I find it's hard to tell which side has the scrim. I use that type of batting a lot, and never had a problem. I've probably used the scrim face up and face down, and never seen any difference in the finished product.

Personally, I wouldn't think it would matter but then I'm no expert when it comes to batting (or really anything else...:))

What batting are you using?

I'm ising Warm and Natural.

I just watched a basting video and the lady said that she puts the scrim toward the top for best adhesion as scrim has a bit more "grab"

I asked the same ?

http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...k-t276938.html

Thanks folks, bump is up.

Doesn't matter to me enough to remember.

Scrim side down, against the backing. When there's no scrim, it's smoothest side down, against the backing.

Directly from the Warm & Natural mfgs site:
https://warmcompany.com/content/faq
"...the cotton side facing towards your quilt top and the scrim side facing to your quilt backing..."

That makes sense to me ... The "fluffy" side will be up, for the best appearance after quilting.

This really only makes a difference when quilting on a longarm or extended throat sit down that uses the bigger size specialty needles. The larger needles will make pokies of batting come through to the backing if you have it loaded the wrong way.

If hand quilting or quilting on a domestic the problem never arises due to the much finer size of the needle.

But, be careful if your quilt top has any thin, white fabric. The "cotton" side of W&N is the side with the little flecks of organic material in it. These can show thru thin white fabric. Ask me how I know .....!

I mostly use polyester batting. Some have a smooth side and I use that against the top. When I use W&N I try for the same. Most important is it is warm and pretty. I give away most of my quilts.

Someone told me "Pimples up, dimples down"

Never thought about that before. Great point!

I never gave this much thought so thank you everyone for the info. I'll pay more attention now

Poly batting may scrub the fabric over time causing it to thin and fray. I use it for a lot of utility quilts but not for a quilt I would like to last for a long time.

Have never paid attention to that and had no problems. But, in a chain fabric store the other day, noticed the scrim separating from the batting. A first for me to noticd.

If this helps, I found this on the Warm and Natural site: Is there a right or a wrong side to Warm & Natural or Warm & White?

No, there is no right or wrong side of batting but there is a "scrim" side. When manufacturing Warm & Natural or Warm & White, the cotton fibers are layered onto a scrim - a thin substrate material. During the needle-punch process, barbed needles push the cotton fibers through and entangle them into the scrim. When quilting Warm & Natural or Warm & White, it is usually easier to do so in the same direction it was needle-punched - the cotton side facing towards your quilt top and the scrim side facing to your quilt backing. With Warm & Natural the cotton side is distinguished by its leaf & stem remnants (face to quilt top). With Warm & White there is a side that is shinier and smoother. This is the scrim side and should face to your quilt backing.

I use Soft & Bright by the warm company, it's been my primary batting forever and I use it fluffy side up. Don't know if it matters but that's what I've always done, my blankets and quilts seem to hold up great, my kids have blankets that are over a decade old and tons of wear and no problems.

I have quilts that my grandmother made many, many years ago, and I know she used poly batting. I've never had a one wear more than a quilt that had cotton batting. In fact, there are NO wear spots anywhere on any of the quilts she made. My grandmother died in March of 1993. I use a very good quality of poly batting for my quilts because (1) It doesn't shrink, and poly batting weighs far less than cotton batting, and (2) poly batting is far more washable than cotton. I have a very old quilt that was my aunt's (on my husband's side of the family), it has cotton batting, and it's a tied quilt. The batting suffers greatly from substantial shrinkage. This old quilt (a friendship quilt) for my aunt, desperately needs laundering. I'm not sure how the quilt could be laundered by machine without sustaining damage, and I am not physically able to wash it by hand

2 of my quilts were just returned from the long arm quilter, I looked and she had put the scrim side toward the backing of the quilts. I used Soft and White cotton batting made by the Warm and Natural company.

That doesn't make sense to me. If there are bumps and dents, wouldn't that be from needle-punching, like Dream Cotton? You would want to go the same way as the needles did - with holes up.

jmo,
Charlotte

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