Batting question?
#11
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Ridgefield WA
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It is wonderful! I use the Dream Orient which is all natural fibers. As you can see (and I did as I scrolled down the responses) many of us swear by it! Wonderful drape, easy to machine or hand quilt!
#12
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Carroll, Iowa
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I used to use W & N, then when I moved to Iowa from Florida I didn't have a JoAnne's nearby so had to make use of my local fabric store. They ordered a bolt for me and I thought I was getting W & N but found it to be Quilter's Dream 70/30. I have trouble figuring out which is which as they look so much alike ..............at least to me. I've gone strictly QD now and I usually wait for when I can get a good deal on it. I did purchase a QD 100% cotton batting which I'm going to try out on my next quilt on the frame. It claims only 1-3% shrinkage so we will see on that. I don't wash my fabrics before I use them so maybe I'll get lucky and they'll shrink about the same %. Yes, I know......in my dreams.
#13
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
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Dream battings are ( a Dream!) Wonderful battings, I've used many of them, the cottons, the Poly's, dream wool is a definite favorite. Dream green, dream orient, & bamboo... I love them all. Always excited to find a good sale on dream batting.
( and Jordan, no, Dream battings are not Hobbs batting-- 2 totally different companies)
( and Jordan, no, Dream battings are not Hobbs batting-- 2 totally different companies)
#14
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#15
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I know batting has been discussed many times on this board but I have a question. I love Hobbs, and Warm and Natural, but I have never used Quilter's Dream Batting? It's such a good price right now and being a cheapskate, I am wondering what you think of it? Can you hand quilt with it? Does it handle like the others? Any information you might share would be most helpful.
#16
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
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To me, Quilter's Dream is the Cadillac of batting (being the best). The needle by hand or machine just penetrates the batting so smoothly like a hot knife going thru butter. But I use mostly Hobbs 80/20 batting due to the cost and quality for machine quilting.
#17
I purchased a queen-size roll of Quilter's Dream last year at a quilt show but I am still using up part of a roll of W&N before I tap into the QD batting. I can't wait... but I'm afraid if I don't use up the W&N... it will just sit.
I also got a sample folder containing swatches from QD at the quilt show and have kept it as it has other battings which might be useful down the road.
I also got a sample folder containing swatches from QD at the quilt show and have kept it as it has other battings which might be useful down the road.
#19
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
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Thank you Peckish and Ckcowl for answering my question about the batting. I am planning on going to a big quilt show in the Phoenix area and there is always a booth selling batting so I will be on the look out for the Quilters Dream. I am always trying to find new batting that I like.
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