Warm and natural batting
05-28-2010, 04:07 AM
#41
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: las vegas nv.
Posts: 2,452
Here's a link to the Quilter's Dream website with quite a dizzying array of options. They have a "User Guide" there that may be helpful, and they have a way of searching for locations that carry this brand. I think "Request" weight is the one most often used by hand quilters.
http://www.quiltersdreambatting.com/
Thank-you so much, that went right to my favorites, great chart that tells you which batting is the best according to the project.
http://www.quiltersdreambatting.com/
Thank-you so much, that went right to my favorites, great chart that tells you which batting is the best according to the project.
05-28-2010, 04:39 AM
#42
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 166
I'm currently hand quilting with warm & natural. This is the first time I have tried it and I'm having a difficult time. For me, I love the wool batting, if I can afford it, if not, I will go back to the 80/20. I don't think I will use the warm & natural again because I only hand quilt.
05-28-2010, 04:56 AM
#43
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Iowa
Posts: 8,128
[quote=craftybear]so did you prewash your batting??
Does it shrink much? The reason I ask is I made a "Barb's Bargello" and didn't prewash the fabric. I want to use a cotton batting-something along these lines, and will send the top out to be quilted. I don't usually prewash and now I wonder how much it may "pucker", which I don't mind some but don't want a lot.
Yes, it shrinks about 3 to 5 inches on a 90 inch wide batt. I prefer it shrink the most before I hand quilt it. I like a little puckering in a finished quilt, too and it does after the finished quilt is washed the first time. I also prewash my fabrics too. I don't want any surprises after my quilt is finished.
Yes, I prewash my batting. I put it in the washer with hot water and just let it sit and soak for about an half hour or so....mostly until it is good and wet, then I spin it out. Do not let the machine agitate. Then I put it in the dryer and dry it completely. The heat shrinks it and makes it very soft and easy to needle.
Originally Posted by maryb119
Originally Posted by Grandmother23
Originally Posted by maryb119
I hand quilt and I use Warm and Natral all the time. I wash it before I sandwich it ina quilt. It seams softer that way and it needles very well.
Yes, it shrinks about 3 to 5 inches on a 90 inch wide batt. I prefer it shrink the most before I hand quilt it. I like a little puckering in a finished quilt, too and it does after the finished quilt is washed the first time. I also prewash my fabrics too. I don't want any surprises after my quilt is finished.
05-28-2010, 06:27 AM
#45
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Southern Oklahoma
Posts: 687
I have always used Warm and Natural. But I was machine quilting small projects. All large projects, a friend of mine would quilt with her long arm. I decided I wanted to hand quilt a throw for my nephew. Man! It has really been a challenge! It iIS hard to hand quilt!
05-28-2010, 07:28 AM
#46
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Bozeman MT
Posts: 870
Originally Posted by littlehud
I had used poly forever and than tried warm and natural. I'll never go back. It feels so nice.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Central Ohio Quilter
Main
8
01-23-2013 06:15 PM
bikermom
Links and Resources
9
02-13-2011 08:39 PM
