Storing Batting
 

Has anyone stored batting in those vacuum seal storage bags? I have recently down sized and find I am short of storage space and thinking this might be a solution.

No, but I anxious to hear if the batting will re-fluff after being squished.

I have done it. I stored my left-over pieces and it did seem to be fine when I took it out. As a side note, that was 50/50 batting, meaning it had a lot of polyester. But I would think if you had 100% cotton and wanted it to fluff up more just put it in a dryer for a bit.

I haven't stored batting but I did use the bags to shrink two quilts and matching pillows that I took to my granddaughters. We fly and I wanted to save space in the suitcase. They fluffed up just fine. Of course this was very short term. I'm just guessing but I imagine the batting could be tumbled in the dryer on low heat to re-fluff if it doesn't spring back right away.

A lot of it is sold compressed in plastic bags and it all fluffs up just fine.

It will fluff up fine. I brought several packages over in my suitcases in those bags and then took them out and let them sit on the shelf in my closet. They are fine.

I worked at JoAnn's in the 90s. The batting came in very compressed. An employee would puncture the bag and watch the batting grow, still inside the bag. I know the polys were like that. Cotton wasn't as popular then, so I don't really know about it, but it should be okay.

I think they would work just fine. You don't have a suction them completely flat, but enough to maybe get them under a bed. Its never damaged anything I've stored in them.

I've moved from buying and using Hobbs batting in the round packages to buying Quilters Dream battings in flatter square-ish packaging because it takes less room to store on the top shelf in the closet.

I agree, Jan. I love Quilter's Dream. My niece was a "test run driver" before the batting was released in Va. She loved it from the git-go.