What is the best batting ? Type - Brand?
10-09-2011, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Delilah
I have recently discovered wool batting and love it, particularly for larger quilts because of the loft, suppleness, and drape. Bamboo/cotton is nice but had a bit of a problem with bearding in loosely woven fabric, would work great in batiks. Cut my teeth on Warm & Natural and Warm & White and will continue to use it but not my first choice any longer. Bought a roll of Dream Wool from LQS for $10/yard which I considered pretty reasonable, that was last year. Like Hobbs wool products, also. Lots to consider!
10-09-2011, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by cat-on-a-mac
Originally Posted by Delilah
I have recently discovered wool batting and love it, particularly for larger quilts because of the loft, suppleness, and drape. Bamboo/cotton is nice but had a bit of a problem with bearding in loosely woven fabric, would work great in batiks. Cut my teeth on Warm & Natural and Warm & White and will continue to use it but not my first choice any longer. Bought a roll of Dream Wool from LQS for $10/yard which I considered pretty reasonable, that was last year. Like Hobbs wool products, also. Lots to consider!
I just checked on Connecting Threads - It is quite expensive, but may be worth it - -is it white in color? quite a bit of the top is white, and I am concerned a creamy bat may affect the brightness of the quilt...
10-09-2011, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by pjnesler
Originally Posted by cat-on-a-mac
Originally Posted by Delilah
I have recently discovered wool batting and love it, particularly for larger quilts because of the loft, suppleness, and drape. Bamboo/cotton is nice but had a bit of a problem with bearding in loosely woven fabric, would work great in batiks. Cut my teeth on Warm & Natural and Warm & White and will continue to use it but not my first choice any longer. Bought a roll of Dream Wool from LQS for $10/yard which I considered pretty reasonable, that was last year. Like Hobbs wool products, also. Lots to consider!
I just checked on Connecting Threads - It is quite expensive, but may be worth it - -is it white in color? quite a bit of the top is white, and I am concerned a creamy bat may affect the brightness of the quilt...
10-09-2011, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Delilah
Originally Posted by pjnesler
Originally Posted by cat-on-a-mac
Originally Posted by Delilah
I have recently discovered wool batting and love it, particularly for larger quilts because of the loft, suppleness, and drape. Bamboo/cotton is nice but had a bit of a problem with bearding in loosely woven fabric, would work great in batiks. Cut my teeth on Warm & Natural and Warm & White and will continue to use it but not my first choice any longer. Bought a roll of Dream Wool from LQS for $10/yard which I considered pretty reasonable, that was last year. Like Hobbs wool products, also. Lots to consider!
I just checked on Connecting Threads - It is quite expensive, but may be worth it - -is it white in color? quite a bit of the top is white, and I am concerned a creamy bat may affect the brightness of the quilt...
10-09-2011, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Steady Stiching
I've never used wool batting, afraid of shrinkage and felting in the wash. How do you care for a quilt that has wool batting? i've heard it hand quilts beautifully, and would love to give it a try...just chicken I guess.
Wool used to be a very risky batting to use, largely because of bearding. In the past you would have to enclose a wool batting in cheesecloth to prevent bearding. Hobbs and QD have eliminated that problem and have also created very stable wool battings. (Maybe by needlepunching? I don't know for sure if their wool battings are needlepunched.)
10-09-2011, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by glorcour
I bought a bolt (30 yards)of pellon legacy from the local quilt shoppe by special order. It is so convenient to cut off the size necessary and not have so many pieces to be sewn together later
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10-09-2011, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by pjnesler
I've only been using Warm and Natural, the off white stuff, but now am working on a very WHITE quilt, and want to use a white batting - ready to go to the store, and not sure what to get, I'm willing to try somthing different. I will be machine quilting on my domestic machine - this will be a large Queen quilt :roll: :wink: Thank you all for any input you can give!
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10-09-2011, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by pinecone
Originally Posted by phoenixrose
I've used Hobb's and Quilter's Dream and have been happy with them but am going with Pellon Legacy brand of battings - love them!
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10-09-2011, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by OzarksGma
I use Soft and Brite, a needled poly. It quilts wonderfully, both LA and hand, and washes and dries like a breeze. It has a 10" quilt apart and does not bunch, pill or knot up when washed and dried many times. It is what I use on baby quilts as it washes and dries fast.
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