Is it possible to put low loft battings together in a quilt? Need ASAP
 

Hi All;

I was only able to get medium lofting. My question is how warm is this? My daughter lives in New York City and her apartment is set on hot. Should I use just one medium or put another medium loft with it? Is it possible to put two battings together? I'm new at the batting/quilting world. I don't know how warm any of the low loft/medium/high loft/extra high loft are either. Can anyone help me? :(:p

you don't say what kind of batting you have...if it is polyester it (does not breath) tends to be warmer- cotton batts breath- and are often a lower loft-
you can double batts- many quilters use a cotton & a wool, or 2 poly's - or some other combination to give more definition to their quilting stitches. as for warmth- a flannel back would add some nice warmth to your quilt
depending on how you plan to quilt your quilt doubling 2 medium loft batts could make it a bit difficult to quilt...but again-it kind of all depends on what kind of batting you are talking about.

One layer of batting is all that is needed. I don't think there is a huge difference between low and medium loft as far as warmth. I have read that poly might be slightly warmer than cotton. The thicker or higher the loft, the more puffy the quilt looks. A tied quilt may look better with a higher loft batting. However, there are no rules, just guidelines and general practices. Hope this helps.

Tell us what you want the finished quilt to look like and how warm you want it to be. You say your daughter's apartment heat is set on high, but you don't say that because of that you need the quilt to be warmer because the apartment is obviously hard to heat, or because of that you need the quilt to be light weight because the apartment is already warm.
To give you specific advice we need more specific details.

I double bat alot combining a layer of cotton with a layer of poly. One thing to be careful of .. the "roll" get quite large and harder to get through a regular machine with all that batting.
If you are going for warmth .. just do one layer of wool batting. Hobbs makes an excelent wool batting.

Great information... Thkx

I used 2 high loft poly battings in my quilt and then tied it. Looks puffy like a comfort my Grandmother had and that was my intention. Hope it works for you

You can use 2 layers, I have done it with no problems, but you don't get the loft(puffiness) from 2 low loft that you would get from 1 medium loft. If your daughter has plenty of heat where she is, then I would just use the 1 layer, because then she could also use it on chilly spring or fall nights.

I did 2 layers or Hobbs 80/20 together for a wall hanging because I wanted some body. It was perfect for that but personally would not want it for a quilt.