cottagelover

I have been using bamboo batting for all my quilts. However, I was visiting an aunt and her quilt which she called a "summer quilt" was very light.
What would the batting be?
Here's how I've been looking at the batting issue. If I spend all that time and money on the top, shouldn't the batting be the best? YOu know what I mean?

PS And I do agree with this being one of the best boards.

Maride

It is probably some kind of synthetic bating or a blend of cotton and poly. It is really light, but I personally don't like quilting it.
I love bamboo batting too.

Maria

sidmona

I use Dream Blend (70%cotton, 30%poly) and it's light. I love machine quilting with it.

amma

If it was REALLY light it could be either a thin poly batting or I seen a quilt last summer where she used pre-washed flannel as the batting to make it summer weight.

roselady

Are you using the bamboo batting for hand quilting or machine? I thought I had read that it wasn't great for hand quilting. There are a couple of brands now, maybe one is better than another for hand quilting, anybody know?

littlehud

My mother made a light weight quilt for my DD by usinga flannel blanket as batting.

Katrine

I love the Quilters Dream battings - mostly Dream Blend, and you can quilt up to 12 ins apart. Also Dream Poly Select, and Dream Cotton Select. I just used Dream Puff for a cosy quilt, lovely high loft and machines beautifully.
Also use Hobbs 80/20 occasionally.

cottagelover

Thanks for your responses. I'm going to look for different kinds as stated.
I love the bamboo for machine quilting. It's so easy to work with.
I spray baste usually, so this is great stuff to use with it. Spray basting cuts the work and fingers in more than half.

Dragonomine

Does anyone use the warm and natural?

For my summer quilts I haven't used any batting at all, but I like the flannel idea.

BellaBoo

I use Warm and Natural for most of my quilts. I like Hobbs wool batting and silk batting. I buy batting when it's on sale and I've been happy with all kinds and brands. The only batting I won't use is the starchy cobweb stuff.