SuzieQuilts

A girl that has quilted several years for 4-H used my frame and sewing machine set up to finish her quilt for the county fair. She showed up with "extra loft'" batting in a bag. I refrained from saying something as the she was on a deadline to get it done. It was a "scrappy" batiks that were very bright and busy. She used a very tight free motion "loop and swirl" I have to say the effect was really cool. I think with the fabric choice and the tight quilting the batting choice really worked. I have some batting like that tucked away, and am going to try it. You would not want to use it on just anything, but a bright, busy quilt, for a young girl, or a baby quilt, it would look great. I just thought I would share that with this group, in case you had those bags of batting, and did not know what to do with them.

Prism99

Did you have a chance to feel the quilt after it was done? I'm thinking that lots of quilting on a high loft batting is likely to result in a stiff quilt. I like my quilts to be thin, soft, and drapeable.

crafty pat

I was thinking the same as prism99, is it to stiff?

pandamommy

Did you get any pictures? What did the judges at the fair say about it?

Deborahlees

Picture.....pictures....pictures

SuzieQuilts

It was not stiff, I did not get pictures, and she was grand champion and it will be judged in the "Champion of Champions" for the eastern part of state of 4-H. I will try to get some pictures.

mom-6

Sounds delightful! Do want to see pictures...of this lovely young lady and her winning quilt!

And I love soft and fluffy, so I usually do minimum quilting with the high loft batting. Will be interested in seeing it done a different way.