Unexpected perk to buying a whole bolt of batting
12-11-2013, 04:57 PM
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Unexpected perk to buying a whole bolt of batting
I bought my first full roll with my 50% off coupon at Joann recently, and one of the nicest results has been how easy it is to layer quilts when the batting is nice and smooth, never having been folded up in a package. Layering this last quilt was positively a piece of cake-- no wrestling with unevenly cut batting or big wrinkles -- seriously, just layered and pinned and there was no need for rounds two, three and four of adjusting and smoothing to get the whole thing smooth.
12-11-2013, 05:19 PM
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Yes, I have bought batting by the bolt for a couple of decades now. Helpful hint for those packaged batting. Lightly mist the batting then place in an air fluff cycle, no HEAT. You will find that it removes the crinkles quite nicely.
12-11-2013, 05:28 PM
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I feel kind of cheated by all the years and many, many quilts I've made with wretched, wrinkled battings. I do know the tricks of opening the package and allowing the batt to "relax" and spritzing and putting it in the dryer, and even ironing with a cool iron and a press cloth -- still, nothing compares to straight off the bolt. I'll never go back.
12-11-2013, 06:59 PM
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That is what I do to remove wrinkles; but I do use heat in the dryer. I hope it shrinks the batting a little. At any rate, it gets the wrinkles out.
12-11-2013, 07:08 PM
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I started out buying batting by the roll just because there was no local Joanne's in good old rural Ontario. The closest place to buy batting was over an hour away and I couldn't pop over every time I needed batting. I can remember buying the first roll and tying it on the roof of my van because I had no room inside with all of the carseats. DH thought I was a little crazy but at least I had a supply on hand. I usually keep a roll of W&N, Hobbs Poly down and 80/20 ready to quilt.
12-12-2013, 04:11 AM
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Yes, it is WONDERFUL not to have to get rid of all those folds from a package of tightly rolled batting!
I have a number rolls of different batting for different quilting applications
Nan
I have a number rolls of different batting for different quilting applications
Nan
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