I just wanted to update everyone:
I had three quilts that were bearding terribly, filled with Dream Wool batting. I took them apart, removed the Dream Wool, replaced it with Hobbs Tuscany wool, washed and dried the daylights out of the top and bottom (somehow I was careful enough that the edges did not unravel but the wash dry had to be repeated several times to get the bearding out), inserted the Hobbs and resewed. I have completed two now and they clearly are not bearding. Same fabrics top and bottom, the only change was the batting.
Also, when I originally made these quilts with the Dream Wool, they were entirely bearding by the time I finished sewing on the binding, so I truly don't anticipate a problem with the Hobbs down the road.
How's that for advertising?
Lainey