illinois

This is why all of my quilts have poly batts. I like the puffy rather than the crinkly look. Too, puffy may be a little more forgiving of any little "error"??

Stitchnripper

this describes me exactly. I love the crinkly look and no one has said my quilts look old. I hope you can figure out how to get the result you are looking for.

RuthiesRetreat3

I always pre-shrink my cotton battings. Keep it folded, or fold it when you get it off a roll. Immerse in hot water and squish it up and down to make sure the hot water goes through all layers. I soak for about 30 minutes, draining and refilling tube with hot water as it cools. Drain tub, squish down on batting so most of water is gone. I have sweater drying platform with a mesh that I use to drain it for another hour or so. Put into a net bag and then spin in washer. Dry in dryer is bag is large enough for batting but small enough to not allow unfolding. Lots of trouble, great results.

NZquilter

I just wanted to share an update on a question I asked a couple of months ago, Pre-shrinking Batting . I'll be basting a quilt this afternoon and decided to try the advice that some of you shared, that of getting the batting damp and then putting it in the dryer with a wet towel. I am using the same batting as last time because I have a roll, Pellon 80/20.

I cut my batting two inches larger on all four sides of the quilt top. I put it in the dryer for about 40 minutes on medium heat ( I generally dry quilts on low, but thought I would dry it this time in a higher heat.) It has a scrim (sp?) and it shrank about four to five inches running along the scrim lines, horizontal. But no shrinkage on the other sides. I thought that was very interesting and explains my uneven amount of shrinking in the quilt posted above. Endless to say, I'm going to be piecing some batting here.

themadpatter

I wash all my quilts before I gift them because I use so much disappearing glue stick the water turns purple when I wash them and I don't want the recipient to freak out when they wash it the first time.