Thinest batting suggestion
05-29-2011, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by sweetana3
I use Thermore batting. It is made usually for clothing but works great as a lite summer batting weight for any type of quilting. Hobby Lobby has it usually. It is in a silver bag
05-29-2011, 11:51 PM
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I used to use thermore also, but, as it's a polyester batting, I found it doesn't shrink - as I prefer my quilted coverings to do - and it holds in body heat making me sweaty at night.
I now prefer Quilters Dream brand 100% cotton Request loft; it's very thin, has good drape and isn't heat-holding.
I've also used flannel, including in some of the Military Barracks Quilt Project quilts we sent overseas. In those I was occasionally hard pressed to tell, after finshing and washing, which ones had the flannel!
Jan in VA
I now prefer Quilters Dream brand 100% cotton Request loft; it's very thin, has good drape and isn't heat-holding.
I've also used flannel, including in some of the Military Barracks Quilt Project quilts we sent overseas. In those I was occasionally hard pressed to tell, after finshing and washing, which ones had the flannel!
Jan in VA
05-30-2011, 06:29 AM
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I think flannel is a great alternative to higher loft. I used it as a back on a throw and it was great but there was a drag when I machine quilted, so if I do one again I'm thinking I won't use the flannel without an cotton back, plus the flannel on the back would make it a magnet for grass and twigs ( remember most of us have design walls that are flannel and things cling to it) but inside as a batt it would be fine.
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