Batting for children's quilts
Type a whole message and lost it, aargh. Need suggestions for batting for children's quilts to be quilted on home sewing machine.. all comments appreciated. I tried to post a picture but it didn't let me browse for the picture, either. Lavinia
posted by Lavinia @ 9:29 AM
5 Comments:
At June 21, 2010 at 12:22 PM ,
Sara in Florida said...
I use Warm and White in baby quilts, as well as others. It stands up to washing alot, and is soft and breathes.
The owners of a local quilt shop here likes Dream Cotton, so any cotton seems OK. The husband does beautiful long arm quilting.
Sara
At June 22, 2010 at 6:34 AM ,
Judy in Ohio said...
I use Warm & Natural for children's quilts and I always buy it at JoAnn's with a 40% off coupon. Cotton fabric loves cotton batting for machine quilting ... spray basting with 505 makes layers "stick" together well and things just move very nicely under the machine's needle.
At June 24, 2010 at 6:49 PM ,
dutchrose said...
i have used fairfield "soft touch" cotton batting since it came onto the market. i love it, it drapes well, and the quilting shows up well even tho there isn't alot of loft.
dutchrose ---{-@
At June 26, 2010 at 8:46 PM ,
jdb in AZ said...
Warm & Natural shrinks -- big time. So I spritz it and throw it in the dryer to preshrink it before layering it with the quilt top and backing.
Don't pre-wash it or you'll have a glob of cotton.
At June 28, 2010 at 10:55 PM ,
WhiteStone said...
I like Hobb's 80/20. Like Warm & Natural, it shrinks up a bit so I like to wet it down (put it in the machine, then spin, don't agitate) and then dry it on low before using it. I like a bit of a shink for the crinkle effect but not a lot. So I prefer to pre-soak and dry before using.
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