Originally Posted by erstan947
A generation or 2 ago Quilters made their own cotton batting by getting the cotton boll off the plant and carding it and making a crude felt type batting. Served them well for years.
Us GRITS (girls raised in the south) gals can easily get the cotton direct from the farmer:) Just a thought:)
Yes and I have a pr of the carders to do it with. I remember my mom using them in the 50's. Also my mom and I chopped cotton one summer for a farmer for $3.00 a day. Wow, hadn't thought of that in a while...