Mrs. SewNSew

Does anyone use black batting when doing a dark quilt? Is it ok to use a neutral color? I usually use Warm and Natural and I don't think it comes in black.

Doggramma

I've never used the black batting, always use the cream colored batting even on dark quilts. I've been thinking about switching to white batting for light colored quilts though.

Boston1954

I have done many quilts that are very dark in color, front and back. I have always used Warm and Natural. They have always come out just fine.

NJ Quilter

I did a very dark - mostly black - quilt a few years ago and used W&N with no issues. I'd go for it and not worry about black batting.

mamagrande

I just finished a quilt that had a black sheet for a backing and I used Hobbs 80/20 in black. I was afraid that some white might poke through. It was a special quilt for a customer so I wanted to be extra careful.

I also did one that had a solid black backing and used white poly (Quilters Dream) on it and it was perfect, no white on back!

Last week my daughter quilted one for her friend and the backing that her friend had was very thin muslin-like black and she had sent some thin white cotton batting. She did get some white pokes on the back.

I think that the backing has something to do with the white coming thru because it was so thin.

Mrs. SewNSew

Thanks guys! Good information. My pattern was saying to choose black or I'd never have given it a second thought! I would imagine showing through or pokies would happen on the back right? I haven't chosen the backing yet but generally go for a pattern of some sort to hide my newbie boo-boo's in the quilting part.

joyce888

Ive bought and USED black batting is several quilts. I found mine at JoAnns and it was a WnN product. You may find it on their website.

Cari-in-Oly

I've used the Hobbs black from Connecting Threads and was happy with it.

Cari

tessagin

I've never used anything but light batting with no issues.

Mrs. SewNSew

I tried searing their site but can't find black. I'll check Hobb's or connecting threads.