meyert

I am making pot holders with some of my scrap material. I purchased the Insul-Bright Needlepunched Insulated Lining -45" x 1 yard and have that sandwiched between 2 layers of cotton batting. My question is... will that "crackling" noise go away?

TeresaA

In my experience, it has not gone away. I now tend to use about 4 layers of scrap cotton batting in my potholders instead.

Sunny580

Yes and they laundry beautifully.

meyert

Thank you for your response.... I bought 1 yard and will probably use all of this up... but I don't know if I will buy more if my pot holders will be "crackling" So you feel 4 layers of batting is enough for the heat... do you think its low loft batting or high loft? I generally use the Quilter's Dream Batting - Natural Cotton Request - thin loft.... so I wonder if 4 layers of that would be enough? What do you think?

meyert

Sunny850 - that is good news that you feel the crackling goes away. I only bought a yard of the insul bright.... and I have about 16 potholders that I will finish.... just trying to decide if I should buy more of the insul bright or just use extra batting....................

Sewnoma

I have several potholders with insul-brite and after some use and washing, none of them make that "crinkly" noise anymore. They did for awhile at first, but eventually it quiets down.

Jeanne S

The crinkling noise has gone away on mine too after using them awhile.

ManiacQuilter2

I don't know how you would quilt thru 4 layers of W&N batting. That would certainly be a difficult task I would not put my Bernina thru. For potholders, I use one layer of W&N with the Insul-Bright. The noise doesn't bother me as long as it protects my fingers and hand from being scorched.

Candace

I heavily quilt mine and don't notice any crinkling noise. You maybe need more quilting?

Deb watkins

For potholders, I use one layer of W&N with the Insul-Bright. The noise doesn't bother me as long as it protects my fingers and hand from being scorched.[/QUOTE]
This is my favorite method as well.