Tips for Selecting the Perfect Quilt Batting!!!
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2023
- If you have difficulty deciding on which batting to use for your quilt, then this video is for you! In this video, I share tips for helping you select the perfect quilt batting!
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My quilter usually uses Hobbs 80/20, which is a very good batt and what I like for baby quilts and QOV’s. It wears and washes well. But if I make a special quilt for myself, I love a silk batt for a summer quilt and wool for a winter quilt. Silk drapes beautifully and wool is SO warm-but-lightweight. It’s dreamy. Both wool and silk batts are expensive but for special quilts, well worth it.
Beverly, thank you so much for sharing! Great information!
Quilter's Dream has wonderful battings in various combinations and fibers. Company run by women! Lots of great info today.
Thanks for sharing! I haven't used that brand before. I will have to try it!
Thank you. I was about to make a quilt sandwich with my cotton batting. Tested a strip of my white background fabric and the specks showed through! Never would have thought of this before seeing your video.
I’m so glad you checked it!!!
I use wool/coton blend for bed quilts. It is very soft and warm (i live in Canada😂). 80/20 for wall hanging or kitchen decor projects. Thanks Michèle for the informative video.
Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you. I really needed a video on this. Learning so much from you. Have a nice day.
Thank you! You too!
Thank you. I really needed this video. I am attempting to sew small quilts for the holidays as gifts and I need potholders. Thank you for all your videos; learning some much from you. Have a nice day.
You are so welcome!
Thx for the infomation it was great!!
You are most welcome! Thanks for watching and sharing!
I love little specks!
Wow! That's great! Wish I did!
Gives it a vintage look to me
Excellent video. Thank you. This was very helpful. I want to try a high loft batting. I appreciated your speaking about the colors of batting and your quilt.
You are most welcome!
Nice to know about all the colors available😊
It's an important factor! Thanks for commenting!
I pick my batting by project. Just depends on what I want the finished feel to be. I watch cost, but I don't watch cost. Sales are nice. I actually purchase per project and hope there is a fantastic price at the time. I also stock up ahead on batting that I am certain I will use. The sale price at the time of stocking up is fantastic. If it is a cheap I don't care project. Then I get cheaper batting. If itis something I want to last and last and last washing and abuse. Yes, good stuff. Thank you for your tips.
You are most welcome!
Good Friday morning ! Thank you for this information I want to try that high loft that sounds really fluffy ! I usually let my long armer pick it . this video is great thank you 🙏
You are most welcome!
Great show. I let my quilter pick my batting. She knows best but if doing small quilts at home on domestic machine, I use Warm and Natural white.
Thanks for sharing!
I make a lot of lap quilts for Hospice patients, so usually purchase the Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 in a 30 yard roll. It's much more economical for me.
Wow! Great tip!
My go-to batting is Warm and Natural. I like the feel, thickness, drape, and there's not much shrinkage when I wash my quilts. I have never noticed the flecks showing through, but I don't often use a solid white background. My long-arm quilter likes to use Hobbs 80-20, so my quilts that she quilts have that, which is fine.
Thanks so much for sharing! Luckily that has only happened to me with one quilt!
Warm and Natural works well when quilting smaller projects like wall quilts and baby quilts on a domestic machine. I baste with 1" safety pins, and it looks great!
Thanks for sharing!
I like Warm and Natural for most quilts. I use Warm and White when I have alot of white background. I make smaller quilts, using Odif 505 spray for basting and quilt on my domestic machine.
Thanks for sharing!
I am a newbie, and have only completed 2 quilts, and have a 3rd ready to quilt. I decided to try out different batting to see what I like best. I have used Hobbs 20/80 and Warm and White. I plan on using Quilter’s Dream for the 3rd.
Quilts up to a lap size, I will quilt myself. Any twin or larger will go to an LAQ.
I really like your idea of making sample blocks and using different battings! I think I’m going to try this.
I need to look into Quilter's Dream! Thanks for sharing!
Good advice! I use both Hobbs 80/20 and Warm and Natural too. I've never had problems with either. No bearding or show thru - but I rarely use white or black background. Polyester rarely. Thermal batting for pot holders and such. I have wool batting I want to use but I can't decide which quilt I'd like to use it on. (Mostly because of the cost. 😂)Thanks again! Appreciated!
Thanks for sharing!
I use 20/80 never had a problem .
Thanks for sharing!
I always use the exact same Warm & Natural for all of my quilts (which are all Twin-Queen. I rarely make anything smaller) so that if I want to piece left over batting it’s not a problem. The only thing I deviate from is the fact that I sometimes use white and sometimes off white. And, my LAQ has never ever had an issue with it.
Excellent! Keep doing what is working!!
I always consider where a quilt is going and how much wear and tear it will suffer, I use wool batting for quilts going to cold climate or cotton for places that are warmer and they poly for charity quilts.❤
Thanks for sharing!
I also use warm and natural😊
It is a great batting!
I use warm and natural white and hobbs mostly.
Thanks for sharing!
I sometimes use Quilters Dream cotton batting because they offer various thicknesses. Mainly I use Warm and White. I tried preshrinking it once by soaking it in hot water with no washing machine agitation. I did not like the result; the surface got too many little pills on it - I assume from rubbing against itself during the run through the dryer.
Thanks for sharing!! Great to know!
I didn’t know that about quilt batting
I’m glad this was helpful!
I really like the Sandwich quilt idea! A favorite of mine is the warm and natural. Great to work with and never been a problem after washing. I have some unfinished runners and a quilt I need to get done. Where can I find the book on batting tips?
Here is the Amazon affiliate link for the book: amzn.to/3skf6Yb
I think you will find it helpful.
Hello, and a Happy New Year to you, a Healthy and a Prosperous one.
I'm a newbie, so not any experience to share with. I would like to ask what type of batting would you recommend for a table runner, and a placemat, and small placemats to be used for hot bowls to place on them.
Thank you for your advice.
If you want to use it like a hot pad I would recommend Insul-Brite and 100% cotton batting.
I suppose these are 2 battings, right? Having 2 fabrics (one front, one back) and 2 battings, Can they all be sewed together at a domestic machine?
As regards to the table runner and placemats, I suppose 100% cotton batting or 80/20 will work fine?
Thanks a lot.
I prefer low loft 80/20 cotton/polyester batting for quilts. I tried 100% polyester and it just seems too stiff. I remember the first time I washed batting and didnt know what I was doing. It shredded to pieces.😅
Thanks for sharing!
I like Warm and Natural in white. If the colors of my quilt are dark. I use a dark batting.
Thanks for sharing!
I’m curious about what batting is most similar to what our ancestors used. The old quilts have such a great hand.
Yes they do! Answers will vary because they used cotton wading, old quilts, worn out blankets, cotton batting…. I like white 100% cotton warm and natural.. I have also like wool.
I like Warm and Natural and I also use Hobbs 80/20. Could you show how you fold your quilts and how often do you refold them so there is no creases.
Here is a video I filmed on how to fold your quilts: ua-cam.com/video/vPiy80j8j-k/v-deo.html
I don't have a schedule for refolding but I should use one!
Thank you. I will look for it
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I use the one Walmart has
Thanks for sharing!
What batting do you use with minkie? I want my blankets to be cuddly.
I don’t know because I have never seen with Mindy. Sorry I couldn’t help.
I was wondering if you could tell me why the batting has scrim or not.
Scrim is a type of binder that helps reduce stretch in batting. That is how I understand it.
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If it's a small project (table runners, placemats, purses, totes, baby quilts etc) I use actual blanket fleece. It quilts up like a dream, doesn't rip up, washes up great, you never see those little tufty puffs coming out... U could likely do it for a twin quilt too, just remember it's width is 54. Ps, please don't use wool batting unless u know no one in the house it's going to is allergic, because they'll have to get rid of it. All that hard work wasted...
Great info! Thanks for sharing!