Silk Batting
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Silk Batting
Just got three silk battings -queen sized, for free. I've never used silk, what can you tell me about it? I would guess it's real nice for hand quilting, but wonder about machine quilting. And it's washable, right? something tells me these are really pricey if you have to buy them, so I'm feeling really fortunate.
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Silk batting is fabulous in hand quilted cotton quilts. It is very soft and luxurious. I took a class years ago from Roxanne McElroy, and she passed around a quilt with silk batting. It was lovely! Silk batting was her favorite for hand quilting.
It's also great for quilted clothing because it is light in weight and relatively thin.
It's also great for quilted clothing because it is light in weight and relatively thin.
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I use silk or wool batting for all my quilts except utility quilts. I use Hobbs Tuscany brand. It's amazing how great my machine quilting looks compared to how it looks using regular cotton batting. Connecting Threads has 30% off sales on Hobbs batting (except silk) every few months. I use Hobbs cotton batting for utility and donation quilts.
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Silk batting is fabulous in hand quilted cotton quilts. It is very soft and luxurious. I took a class years ago from Roxanne McElroy, and she passed around a quilt with silk batting. It was lovely! Silk batting was her favorite for hand quilting.
It's also great for quilted clothing because it is light in weight and relatively thin.
It's also great for quilted clothing because it is light in weight and relatively thin.
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