Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums >
  • Main
  • What batting do you use? >
  • What batting do you use?

  • What batting do you use?

    Thread Tools
     
    Old 01-23-2013, 07:58 PM
      #21  
    Super Member
     
    Buckeye Rose's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jan 2011
    Location: Monroe, IN
    Posts: 2,283
    Default

    Hobbs 80/20 ...buy it from Connecting Threads 30% off!
    Buckeye Rose is offline  
    Old 01-23-2013, 08:19 PM
      #22  
    Senior Member
     
    cedarvalleyquilts's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Mar 2011
    Location: Tipton, Iowa
    Posts: 731
    Default

    We keep bolts of both W&N and Hobbs 80/20 (white and black) in stock, as customers do have a preference. If they let us choose, we usually use the Hobbs. Do love using anything from Quilter's Dream, though just don't keep it in stock enough (yet anyway!)

    Christine
    cedarvalleyquilts is offline  
    Old 01-23-2013, 08:40 PM
      #23  
    Super Member
     
    Scissor Queen's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jul 2009
    Location: Southwest Kansas
    Posts: 4,820
    Default

    Originally Posted by asimplelife
    Warm and Natural or Warm and White are my favorites. Easy to quilt, nice weight and drape. I love 100% cotton.
    Warm and Natural isn't actually 100% cotton. It's needle punched through a poly scrim. http://www.warmcompany.com/wnpage.html
    Scissor Queen is offline  
    Old 01-23-2013, 09:04 PM
      #24  
    Member
     
    Join Date: Nov 2012
    Location: Boulder Creek, CA
    Posts: 34
    Default

    So far, I've used W&N in cream and white, and various polyesters. Hated the polyesters with a fiery passion, due to the bearding. I like the loft for a tied quilt, but I dislike intensely the bearding the pulls through nearly every time. I just ordered a piece of the Dream Wool for my newest quilt, it's for DD#2, who is thrilled to bits to be getting a quilt with wool batting, the girls is ALWAYS cold.
    Minmom3 is offline  
    Old 02-19-2013, 12:17 PM
      #25  
    Member
     
    Join Date: Feb 2013
    Location: Alberta, Canada
    Posts: 6
    Default

    I have some polyester quilt batts that I've had kicking around forever (while I went through a divorce, and getting my life back on track). Any problems with using them in a cotton quilt, aside from the "bearding"?
    Alberta_Irish is offline  
    Old 02-19-2013, 01:05 PM
      #26  
    Senior Member
     
    Judi in Ohio's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Sep 2008
    Location: Ohio
    Posts: 674
    Default

    I used to buy W& N by the bolt, but bought Hobbs 80/20 and like it better, but my fav is Dream Wool. Just washing my finished Chunky Churndash[ATTACH=CONFIG]396357[/ATTACH] I love it.
    Attached Thumbnails cid_part1_09040900_08060206%40macinhouse.jpg  
    Judi in Ohio is offline  
    Old 02-19-2013, 01:17 PM
      #27  
    Member
     
    Join Date: Feb 2013
    Location: Michigan
    Posts: 17
    Default

    Warm and Natural. I like how it quilts.
    NorthernSkyQuilts is offline  
    Old 02-19-2013, 01:18 PM
      #28  
    Senior Member
     
    Join Date: Nov 2012
    Location: Maryland
    Posts: 539
    Default

    I've always used the Quilters Dream because that's what my LQS carries. Recently, I've been using Warm and Natural Cotton. I like it so far. I got some Mountain Mist on sale at JoAnns. I did not like it at all. It was patchy and scrawny! I actually bought a king sized batting and planned to use it on several baby sized quilts, but ended up using the rest of it for a non quilting project because I disliked it so much.

    I purchased some Hobbs Wool and am looking forward to trying it. I'd originally planned to buy a roll once I knew what I liked, but maybe I will just keep buying batting to fit the size of each quilt. I did not think batting would take so much thought!
    Nilla is offline  
    Old 02-19-2013, 01:24 PM
      #29  
    Super Member
     
    Debbie B's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Feb 2010
    Location: Huber Heights, Ohio
    Posts: 2,351
    Default

    I try to get whatever is on sale, but I just bought some prepackaged batting from Joann's for 1/2 off and didn't like it at all. I had to pick out 5 places where it looked like there was a teeny tiny rock and it left so much lint in my machine that I had to clean it every time I changed the bobbin. It was called Sew Perfect. First & last time I will buy that brand.
    Debbie B is offline  
    Old 02-19-2013, 01:25 PM
      #30  
    Super Member
     
    Debbie B's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Feb 2010
    Location: Huber Heights, Ohio
    Posts: 2,351
    Default

    Originally Posted by Judi in Ohio
    I used to buy W& N by the bolt, but bought Hobbs 80/20 and like it better, but my fav is Dream Wool. Just washing my finished Chunky Churndash[ATTACH=CONFIG]396357[/ATTACH] I love it.
    Your Chunky Churndash is beautiful & colorful...a happy quilt.
    Debbie B is offline  
    Related Topics
    Thread
    Thread Starter
    Forum
    Replies
    Last Post
    susieqgc1
    Main
    22
    11-02-2011 03:53 PM
    desertquilter
    Main
    8
    04-13-2008 09:14 AM

    Posting Rules
    You may not post new threads
    You may not post replies
    You may not post attachments
    You may not edit your posts

    BB code is On
    Smilies are On
    [IMG] code is On
    HTML code is On
    Trackbacks are Off
    Pingbacks are Off
    Refbacks are Off



    FREE Quilting Newsletter