For those of you who quilt, what batting do you prefer when you free motion quilt, not hand quilting and how well does it hold up, washing after washing?
Our group uses Hobbs 80/20 but we haven't had feed back after multiple washings. The long armers seem to like it, though.I am thinking of tackling my huge deer quilt, but know I cannot use a high loft batting and get it under or between my arm space. The QOV lady that was going to quilt it is having neck surgery, so she will be out of commission for a while....If I just had a larger throat (machine throat space)-lol... I may just have to wait, so good thing it's no hurry. I just would like to finish it up. Anyway, what's your view on batting?
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Looks like we all use Warm & Natural batting, I agree with the others washes up a dream.
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45918I agree with the warm and natural. I also love Quilters Dream wool batting. I have been longarming since 06 and have had great success with both of these. They are both great to launder and hold up nicely for the recipient.
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20088I'm a Warm and Natural gal. I've washed a utility quilt 20-30 times and thrown it into the dryer afterward. It's still looks as new as the day I made it.
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by toogie
26 Jun 2019
This is the kind of review I was looking for. I thought W&N was 100% cotton and I remember how cotton used to ball up/ knot up inside the quilts. I didn't want that for sure. Thanks 'a bushel & a peck and a hug around the neck!'😉😂😂
by crafter2243
edited 26 Jun 2019
The regular Warm and Natural has 12.5 % Polymer Fibers . I had to make sure when I was making the micro wave bowls. Maybe that is why it is so great for quilting.
158718Warm & Natural cotton batting. It's pretty low loft, so it's not as bulky. I quilt with my embroidery machine, so you can usually hoop the low loft cotton batting if you want.
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6574I have 3 queen sized hand embroidered quilts that I used Warm and Natural batting. All 3 have been washed on the gentle cycle in my machine and look fine. One is hand quilted and the other 2 I did machine quilting. Yes, they were stamped so I followed the quilting lines, so it might be a bit different from the typical quilt. I hope you don't have to wait too long to get your quilt done.
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by toogie
25 Jun 2019
Thanks, my friend Brenda goes to Colorado for 2 months every summer. She offered me the keys to her house & use of her long arm. I graciously thanked her but declined the offer. I will get it done eventually.
169064Like Kim I like Warm and Natural. However I do not know how anything holds up since they always leave my house. My son has had a quilt I made and the batting held up great. His dog however thought he needed to chewed on it.Fixed that.
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109774I have used Warm & Natural for decades....it is always my go to batting.
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