Wool batting
#11
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Alturas, CA
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Edie-I don't know if I would wash the blanket in cold water, unless that's how the completed quilt will be washed. If it's going to shrink, then let it shrink before it's in a quilt, in my opinion. It should be fine, the quilts that I've used the wool blankets in, didn't shrink.
#13
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Colorado
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I love wool batting. The batting I'm using right now is Hobbs. All the quilts I make for my house have wool batting and I wash them when they need it in the washer and dry them in the dryer. I've had absolutely no problems with it.
#16
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
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i wash all of my wools in hot hot water!!! rinse in cold=then dry in a hot dryer- when they are done they are (felted) do not fray- and thick- luxurious- and will no longer shrink-
i go to yard sales- thrift stores and shop for wools all the time- they always go into the washer with the hottest water i can get- i usually heat my tea kettle and add boiling water too-
then the wools are ready for what ever you want to do with them=use for a batting- use for appliques- use for piecing- use for clothing-
i love working with wools=
they are wonderful to (over-dye) and wash up beautifully!!!
once they are felted they are done shrinking- then they are ready for what ever you want to do with them.
i go to yard sales- thrift stores and shop for wools all the time- they always go into the washer with the hottest water i can get- i usually heat my tea kettle and add boiling water too-
then the wools are ready for what ever you want to do with them=use for a batting- use for appliques- use for piecing- use for clothing-
i love working with wools=
they are wonderful to (over-dye) and wash up beautifully!!!
once they are felted they are done shrinking- then they are ready for what ever you want to do with them.
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