sewbizgirl

Recently I bought a roll of poly batting for charity quilting. It was supposed to be thin but it's not. It's about 1" all puffed up. I made this charity quilt with it and I HATE how fat it is! Just wondering if anyone has any tips on splitting fat batting... Can I do this without the batting splitting unevenly? What's your experience with this?

Thanks in advance for your advice!

The FAT quilt:

barny

Well, I love the quilt. If this is the charity quilt, the person getting it will too. I just love it. Don't change it at all.

dorismae904

I agree. It's so colorful and no one will mind if it's puffy. That being said, I did once split a thick batting with no problems.

Monika

Great colors! I wouldn't change a thing, I think it looks great.

Pudge

Hi Sewbizgirl,

I split a wool batting once. Things went pretty well, but I did hit one spot where it wasn't as "even" as I wanted it to be. I think it would be even more difficult to evenly split a poly batting. Love your colorful quilt.

Pudge

Quilting Grandma

I was given a roll of "fat" batting. I split it and it worked great.

sushi

I agree with all of the above. I can't help but wonder, tho, if the batting was folded when you used it. I made this mistake (at least) once. It can be difficult to tell! (Sometimes I feel like I'm peeling apart something I shouldn't.)

Some people - including my husband - hugely prefer a lofty quilt! (In fact, he's rejected my homemade quilts using flat batting in favor of a store-bought quilt for exactly this reason.)

Annaquilts

I had the same problem with Hobbs Poly batting. It was sold to me as the batting people use all the time for donation quilts. I even told the people selling it that it was for preemie quilts. I have been splitting it but preemie quilts are very small. I think it would be very hard to split for a larger quilt. For very small baby quilts it is hard to use that thick a batting as the quilt becomes stiff. I just ordered Soft N Crafty toasty cotton batting to use for the smaller preemie quilts. It is on sale right now, 50% off and go to coupons and choose Sept60 for free shipping, and it is light weight and has a good drape unlike Warm and Natural or Hobby Poly bat.
http://www.joann.com/soft-n-crafty-t.../12395943.html

Annaquilts

Yes! What she is saying above. I think this larger quilt will be well received and loved as many people prefer poly batting. By the way you quilt is stunning!!!!

sewbizgirl

Thanks for the compliments on the quilt. It was just a few evenings playing with my scraps.... and I am not going to change anything on that quilt, but I never want to make another one that fat again, ever.

I tried splitting the batting and I'm now quilting another charity lap quilt, and even tho the batting is now thinner, that polyester shifts all around! I just hate the stuff! Maybe I can chalk it up to experience and donate it to my charity group. I bought a whole roll! Ugh.

I'm just spoiled by the wonderful Hobbs 80/20 I normally use. It's my favorite of all.