Storing Batting
#3
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Location: Chula Vista CA
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I have done it. I stored my left-over pieces and it did seem to be fine when I took it out. As a side note, that was 50/50 batting, meaning it had a lot of polyester. But I would think if you had 100% cotton and wanted it to fluff up more just put it in a dryer for a bit.
#4
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Location: Utah
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I haven't stored batting but I did use the bags to shrink two quilts and matching pillows that I took to my granddaughters. We fly and I wanted to save space in the suitcase. They fluffed up just fine. Of course this was very short term. I'm just guessing but I imagine the batting could be tumbled in the dryer on low heat to re-fluff if it doesn't spring back right away.
#7
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I worked at JoAnn's in the 90s. The batting came in very compressed. An employee would puncture the bag and watch the batting grow, still inside the bag. I know the polys were like that. Cotton wasn't as popular then, so I don't really know about it, but it should be okay.
#9
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Location: Piedmont Virginia in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
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I've moved from buying and using Hobbs batting in the round packages to buying Quilters Dream battings in flatter square-ish packaging because it takes less room to store on the top shelf in the closet.
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