Yeah grrrr is right! I won't spend any time deciding which side is the right side of batting. To me that is as useless as fretting over the way the toilet paper should unwind.

Warm and Natural is the one I use the most. I buy it when on sale. I make mostly art quilts, so like it's thinness.

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I love warm and natural,good for quilts and hanings

W&N says the "top" of the batting - is the side withe flecks, the other side is the scrim. But then they say if you are making a white quilt flip the batting over. So, to each his or her own. I try to remember, but if I don't I'm so over it.

I have never done a right side wrong side...I love every quilt that I have done using W&N...everyone I give them too love them...they like how they are not thick...cool in the summer and warm in the winter...Love W&N...

I use Warm & Natural exclusively. I find it easy to pin or spray baste, easy to quilt and I love the way it hangs. The best for a snuggle up and read on a rainy day quilt!! I try to stock up when it's on sale at JoAnn's or at least use a coupon.

Warm & Natural and Warm & White, are the two I use for quilts and clothes

I use Warm & Natural or Warm & White exclusively. My HQ16 only likes to play with that kind of batting! It is so nice and stable and it has such a nice feel too.

I love warm and natural but not for hand quilting. I prefer Hobbs heirloom for that.

Warm and Natural is a wonderful product and I have had great success with it. I do pre-wash before using it. It's a nice thickness and weight for most projects.

I would not recommend using such different types of battings in the same quilt (cotton & poly). If you don't pre-wash the W&N beforehand it will shrink some the first time you wash your quilt...the poly will not. Also, the effects created
by the quilting process could produce a very different look/result in each of those battings.

have recently discovered wool batting and i LOVE it! it's more care as it has to be cold washed and laid flat to dry. but it is a dream to quilt with and makes a wonderfully warm quilt. i bought 4 yards when it was on sale at joann's so i don't know the brand. it was $7.50 a yard on sale. so 14.99 normally. wish i'd bought all they had! other than that, i have used wn successfully and have no complaints! does feel thin compared to the wool.

I was soooo excited when I saw your post for the warm & natural batting. And then I found my JoAnn's flyer for this sale, and I didn't see anywhere that is listed this batting on sale :(

This is the flyer that comes in the mail too. I am in Michigan, and wonder if different states might have different items on sale!!!

jody

I used W & N on my first quilt. I didn't have any problem hand quilting it but I'm using QD Request on the one I'm doing now. Seems to work much better for hand quilting.

I too use Warm and Natural and love it.

Well at least I am not alone. I like the 80/20 although I do use the Fairfield since that is easy for me to get inexpensively. I bought Warm and Natural twice. Once when I was doing a demo at a farmers market fair. It was damp in the morning when I set up and the batting stayed damp all day it was a bear trying to quilt the quilt. The second time I bought a package that was on sale and decided to use it to replace my cover on my big board. It smelled horrible when it got wet from spray startch or water and there were big brown stains transfered to my cover and some white I was ironing. I replaced that with 80/20 and haven't had a problem. I am not buying it a 3rd time for sure.

I have used several different types but W&N is my favorite. I love the density of it. I order king size from JoAnns on line and use a coupon for the best price. Look for the free shipping days.

I love it. I usually buy it at JoAnn's by the yard when I have a coupon.

I use Warm & Natural exclusively. I love the low loft and old fashioned wrinkle look. Some do, some don't.

Joann's also has a 60% off one fabric cut coupon in their flyer!. I plan on getting a bolt (again). I also live far from a Joann's and do not like to w/o my w/n.

I'll bite: what's a w/o and w/n?

Sorry, I did not re-read before posting. It should have read " do not like to be w/o my w/n. Be without my warm and natural.

I believe the $19.99 are on pre-packaged batts. The 60% off is on any cut of fabric. The Joann's I have been to considers W/N a cut of fabric. I buy the whole bolt at that price. I'm in Michigan too.

Gladyou mentioned that it is good for hand quilting. I just took a beginners hand quilting class and the instructor suggested Warm and Blend which is 50-50 cotton & poly. But I can't find it any place. I use Warm and Natural in my machine quilted quilts and love it. If any one knows where I can order the Warm and Blend, please let me know.

It's on page 15 of the ad
http://joann.shoplocal.com/joannsale...&pagenumber=15

I like how easy it is to sandwich & the warmth but it doesn't drape well, because it seems a little stiff. I hand quilted the first quilt I made with it & really did my hands in. Had to take a long break to let the tendonitis subside. If I use it again I will machine quilt it or tie it. I think it would be good for wall hangings.

W & N (by the yard) has been on sale for 50% off for the last two weeks. Yesterday I saw it was still on sale. I don't know if it continues this week; if it does, here is a 25% off total purchase coupon :)
http://www.joann-mail.com/J20121029F...71DE1BB78CC991

I prefer W & N and since my quilts are 100% cotton they shrink together nicely. BUT I have been making many charity quilts the last couple of years and the budget simply won't stretch to the cost of W & N even tho I prefer it and think it is much kinder to my machines than polyester. It also contains scrim which I also prefer my batting to have.

I've used W&N in many quilts, it's my fav batting next to ther Quilters Dream cottons ... I've never preshrunk it either, it doesn't need it. I want that vintage look when it's washed !! It machine quilts beautifully, and I rarely handquilt anything now except a small project. If you want a softer drape, I'd go with Q Dream or Hobb's -

I haven't used a Mountain Mist batting in years, but I def would NOT mix any polyester batt with a cotton one. They react totally differently when washed ...

I love the Warm products. There is a factory near me and the company is incredibly supportive of guilds and quilt groups in this area. They are very highly regarded here.

Has anyone used the Fusi-boo batting? It says it is heat activated and eliminates basting. That would be a plus in my book if it is easy to quilt.

Warm and Natural is great stuff. I buy whenever possible at Joann's as long as I have a coupon. I have also tried the Hobbs 80/20 and I like that BUT i did notice that it has thin spots and is lighter in weight than the W/N. Although it is cheaper I think that I will use it for charity quilts and smaller items like table toppers and the W/N for the good quilts. My issue is that it used to be $10.99/yd - very doable with a 50% off coupon. Then Joann's raised the price to $14.99/yd. It happened within the space of 6 months. Wish I knew why!

Same as everything else... the price of cottonwent way up. Happened with wool too. Although now the price of cotton is falling, but of course we won't see a drop in prices. :hunf:

I use Warm & Natural in all of my projects,even the baby quilts that I make. It is expensive but I use my JoAnn coupons 50% and purchase as much as I can afford with the coupons.

I never use Mountain Mist and if a customer supplies it with her quilt to be quilted, I refuse the batting. I have found it to be awful! I like Warm and Natural, but my favorite are the battings of Quilter's Dream.

I noticed that Amazon has the Warm and Natural Queen size batting for $23 and some change. I went to Joanns today and the line for the cutting tables was atrocious.

I found this one at Walmart online....price seems ok??
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Warm-Natur...ndingMethod=rr

JoAnn's has W&N and W&W on sale this weekend for 50% PLUS you can use the 25% off coupon for total purchases. I got 20 yards so that will last me a year or so.

I just didn't have the patience for Joann's cutting tables yesterday.

I use W&N exclusively. it's a little stiff to start, but once the blanket is used and/or washed it drapes much nicer. I don't pre-shrink it. I have a couch snuggler that gets washed a lot because we have dogs that share the sofa with us and so far so good... it's holding up well.
Warm and White is what I used for my design wall boards and I love it!