i use wool batting often and love it...it is important to really stablize the edges of your quilt and quilt fairly heavily...it is still going to shrink and if making a quilt for a baby/child drycleaning is out of the question, if the quilt is for a child it is going to be washed and dried alot...with the wool batting it is going to shrink alittle each wash for awhile (wool is nice to work with but for kids dream poly is a much better choice) i don't really think it detracts from the charm or usability of the quilt kids love them because they are fluffy and soft, they don't care if it is out of square or 'wrinkly' which really is what happens to most quilts unless they are wallhangings and not washed. don't be so hard on yourself, the quilt is cute and will be loved even if you don't like it, the recipient is not going to know it's not supposed to be that way.