Susan7639

I have put off had quilting anything until now. But I have a small baby quilt to make and this may be the right time to start. Can anyone point me towards a beginner level user friendly batting (flannel? even) That DOES NOT need to be densely quilted. Many thanks! Susan

slbram17

Everyone has their preference. I prefer a lightweight quilt, and some I have made in the past with Warm and Natural felt heavy to me. I started using Pellon quilters touch
batting (from Joann.com). It seems to make a much lighter quilt, which is what I want.

I buy the bolt of 20 yards, which will make about five queen sized quilts for under $30. http://www.joann.com/pellon-siliconi...=false&start=1

joe'smom

Quilter's Dream has a cotton batting made specifically for hand quilting. It's called 'Request'. If you google 'Quilter's Dream batting' you should see a range of on-line vendors that carry it.

Dina

Warm and Natural can be quilted as far as 10 inches apart. It also sort of "hugs" the fabric as you are quilting. It is what I use because I don't like to quilt too close together. I buy mine at Hobby Lobby.

Dina

EIQuilter

I generally use Quilter's Dream Select or Hobb's 80/20. I did try Warm and Natural once, and it was the most difficult quilt I ever hand quilted. The needle just didn't slide through easily compared to the other battings I'd used. And when I was done, it was probably the heaviest quilt I'd ever made!

NJ Quilter

I use Warm & Natural and hand quilt it all the time. I've not used any other battings so can't offer an opinion. If I ever get through the roll that I have I probably will try Quilter's Dream. I don't mind the heaviness of W&N...I like the weight. I do not have one of my quilts on my bed but would use W&N for that as well. I do have 100% cotton blankets and spread about the weight of W&N because I DO like heavy covers. I don't find W&N all that difficult to hand quilt but then again, it's all I know. And like others have said, does not have to be densely quilted which sometimes is an advantage.

ManiacQuilter2

I would look into Quilter's Dream because hand quilting is like slicing butter with a warm knife. Best to avoid any batting with scrim in it. I can't see how anybody can hand quilt easily thru the scrim.

Susan7639

Thank you all for your replies. I will look at both the Quilters Dream and Warm and Natural. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with me!

carslo

This is a great quilt batting! I have used two huge rolls already! The Pellon on a roll of 20 yards from Joanns Siliconized Polyster.

cathyvv

For baby quilts, why not just use a fleece backing, and no batting? It makes the quilt lighter and is so snuggly!

I also use the light weight fleece sold in Walmart for batting in baby quilts when I put a cotton fabric backing. Again, very lightweight, so easily dragged around by a toddler.