Table Runners - batting or no?
 

When you are making table runners, do you use a batting? I've seen both answers. I've always done mine with a batting, but this particular one is for a friend who is paying me for it and I want it to be excellent. So, give me your best arguments pro and con batting, and what type if you do use it. I do plan on quilting it.

I've made a lot of table runners, and I use Pellon #PEL988, which is a very low loft batting, recommended for table runners.

I've made a lot of table runners and use Quilters Dream Cotton Select. Personally, I don't care for table runners that don't have batting in them.

I have always used batting. Mine is Warm and Natural so it is fairly low.

I use Warm and Natural. I like a flat batting for a table runner.

I use W & White. I like batting in my projects~

Batting gives them a more finished look in my opinion. I always use Warm and Natural batt

I prefer with batting because it looks so much nicer. I tried making one without and it looked sort of limp and unfinished.

I prefer Pellon 988 over quilt batting. It lays nice and flat, and just looks more polished because it's thin yet still has body.

I always use batting. Usually scraps from other projects. I use Warm and Natural or Quilter's Dream.

Same here...I save my pieces from quilts. I think the quilting shows up best with batting.

Another vote for Warm and Natural in my runners. Runners made without batting are just a piece of cloth to me.

I think it would be too slippery and flimsy without batting. I always use Warm and Natural for anything table related and it lays and hangs nicely.

I always use batting because I like the soft look which it gives to a table runner. I am not as picky, perhaps, as I should be, and I use whatever batting or batting scraps I have on hand.

Without batting, a table runner is just a piece of cloth with a backing. I think I could achieve the same look with cutting a piece of fabric and laying it on the table by itself -- sort of a tablecloth which doesn't fit the table!

I use batting, but a polyester, because I don't want the wrinkly look cotton gives. Also, I don't want any "bumpiness" that might create a problem with the fragile items I place on it.

I received one as a gift with no batting. It’s just not quite as nice.

I am an 80/20 user.

I always use the rule of 'will a delicate wine glass be tippy on it?'. Sometimes I just use a flannel in my table runners and placemats instead of a very thin batting. Just remember that these have no insulation factor, they are just to make it a bit soft.

I just asked the same question about a week ago.
Lots of good answers- I used batting and it came out great.
One time I used fleece and it turned out too wavy.

I always use batting and they sell.

Ha ha ha ...Youngduncan...I did that one year, i didn't have time to make a Christmas table runner but I had plenty of Christmas fabric. I ironed the ends at a point and placed on the table under a vase. After Christmas I washed it and placed back with the fabrics. I did make a table runner for the next year with Insulbrite in it because I sometimes place a very hot dish on it.

I use 80/20 and they come out really nice.

I either use 80 20 or more often use fusible fleece which lays so nice and flat and then can stitch in the ditch

I always use batting-usually 80/20 I like the difinition it gives to the quilting. When I wash them I dry them flat and hand block them and they look very nice. I think they shrink more in the dryer.

Batting, yes, but I like a lighter batting than what I use for quilts.

I once used fusible interfacing instead of batting just because I wanted to use it up. I thought it worked really well. Body without the thickness of batting. Maybe it depends on the intended use. For just decoration, I like fluffy. But not on the dining table under glasses, etc. Then, flat is better for me. :)

[ATTACH=CONFIG]604447[/ATTACH]Pellon fleece interfacing - 45" wide, low loft, but enough that quilting shows, grabby so it sandwiches nicely, available fusible and non - I like the non.

I prefer to use a single layer batting. Gives at last a little dimension to it.