k3n

http://www.warmcompany.com/wnpage.html

They say the batting is chemical free but nothing about how the cotton is grown. :hunf:

Jois

Hope it isn't too late to ask another question here.

I've made a couple of baby quilts with the Bambooo Batting by Fairfield (the makers of poly-fil) but gave them away. Lately I've been making bibs with Warm and White (IIRC), ran out and have tried 3-4 bibs with the bamboo batting and find it has no "spring" to it. The old cotton batts had a more lively feel. Does that make sense?

Some article or other was discussing "drape" and how the lower loft products had "more drape" or draped better. Maybe this bamboo would drape well (1/4") but it feels more like a towel than a batt!

Anyone else think it is strange stuff?


Jois

butterflywing

i never had that happen. are you quilting too close together and making it stiff?

amma

I have been thinking about this "organic" issue again. In the USA they still do not have a regulation that stipulates exactly what "organic" means in the food industry. So organic foods may or may not truly be organic, it is up to us to find out what the actual growers use as well as the processing plants... It can be organically grown and chemically produced or vice/versa... :roll: Until our government gets a firm regulation in place that stipulates what organic means...we are at the mercy of reading the fine print, or doing mega research if this is an issue for us.
I would have to assume that this is true of our fabrics, clothing, and everything else that is sold with the "organic" label on it.
"Natural" is another misused label too :roll:

Jois

Don't I just wish!

I mean compacted - maybe that is the better word. The rest of the bibs felt squishable, the bamboo feel like I put a towel inside. It's probably just the wrong batting for bibs!

Thank you,
Jois

butterflywing

i wonder if it would have been better with thicker batting. that would have had some puffiness, maybe.

Jois

Thank you, butterflywing, I guess that has to be it. As soon as we get snow plows through here I'll go hunting for something else.

In Central New Jersey? You might be snowed in, too!

Jois

butterflywing

close to 6" is all it ended up being. we have a cobblestone driveway, so that was a pain. but a nice neighbor did it with his snowblower.

dizzy

I know it grows well here in Arkansas I've seen diffrent spots where it's growing like wild fire were it is planted.I would really like to get some started here on the front of my property.I love the way it looks.I even like using it for curtain rods instead of all that metail in my house.An I also love to go fishing for cat fish
an have a couple of bambo poles that we use when we're at a lake instead of the Arkansas river.

butterflywing

there's a site that someone brought up recently called (i think) manquilter.com or themanquilter.com. it's a website by a guy who does professional quilting with videos that explain how he does certain things. i'm losing focus, here. point being, he says he only uses bamboo. so i'm thinking it must drape pretty well.

http://manquilter.com/ this is him.