Thanks Christina for your help. I don't think I will use wool for this doll
quilt but I will definitely consider it for another one later. If you use wool batting then is the quilt still washable? (sorry if this is a dumb question, but I am still learning) Bonnie NoMoreSpam wrote: hobbs wool... It is my favorite. Christina |
LOL - no worries Bonnie! I've just today finished hand quilting a baby
quilt using cotton batting and I really find it so easy to use. -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html "muse9" wrote in message ... Oops! Don't want to get anyone mad! ; ) I do get a very strong impression that most experienced quilters use the cotton batting! Thanks for your help and comments Sharon! I do appreciate hearing how others quilt - this is how I am learning. Bonnie Sharon Harper wrote: No offence but - corkscrews! Cotton batting is just as easy to get through as the pretend polyester! LOL. Geeze are you guys trying to get me mad before I really wake up?! LOL -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under) |
Figures. You swoop in for one tiny post, and it's about Hobbs wool! G
Bonnie, Christina spoke so highly of Hobbs wool that I had to try it myself. I've made 2 quilts with it so far, and will do more. It is washable, but perhaps not the best choice for a drag-around doll quilt! I've used the cotton Warm & Natural batting for quiilts for my kids. There was almost no shrinkage when washed. I made 3 I Spy quilts almost 4 years ago, and they get washed frequently. The batting is as nice as when they were new. -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply "NoMoreSpam" wrote in message ... hobbs wool... It is my favorite. Christina muse9 wrote: I am finally making good progress on my very first quilt top! I am using a 9 patch pattern from an Alex Anderson beginner quilting book. The piecing is going well; I'm learning a lot and loving it!!! In fact I find I have to stay away from my sewing room unless I know I have the time to sew because it seems to magnetically pull me in and keep me for hours at a time! This pattern is for a 30x30 wall hanging but I am making it for a large doll quilt/lap quilt for my DGD. As I get closer to finishing the piecing I know I need to think about the batting I will use for this quilt. I've read so many conflicting opinions on cotton versus poly or cotton and poly blends. I'm sure this question has come up many time before but I am still fairly new here and could really use some opinions. Since this is a doll quilt for a child it will get somewhat rough usage and will need to be washed occasionally. I read on the bag that cotton batting will shrink - is this a big problem? I also read that if you use cotton batting you have to quilt fairly close together and since I'm totally new at this and don't have much faith in my quilting abilities this concerns me. Does one batting hold up better than another? I will be machine quilting so is one better than the other for that? This small quilt is my first "training quilt". I got mentally hooked on quilting several months ago and have been soaking up whatever information I could on the subject. Some of the best information I've received has been right here with all of you! I would greatly appreciate any hints or help regarding batting! Thank you all so much! Bonnie |
Bonnie,
Everyone gave such good advice. As for me it's a question of keeping the quilt as natural as possible - 100% natural fibers. I use W&N for MQ. I will admit that I'm so impressed with the outcome that I tend to stick with it. Another brand that I've used and liked the result was dream cotton (select for a summer quilt). Good luck with your choice. Carole Champlain, NY "muse9" wrote in message ... I am finally making good progress on my very first quilt top! I am using a 9 patch pattern from an Alex Anderson beginner quilting book. The piecing is going well; I'm learning a lot and loving it!!! In fact I find I have to stay away from my sewing room unless I know I have the time to sew because it seems to magnetically pull me in and keep me for hours at a time! This pattern is for a 30x30 wall hanging but I am making it for a large doll quilt/lap quilt for my DGD. As I get closer to finishing the piecing I know I need to think about the batting I will use for this quilt. I've read so many conflicting opinions on cotton versus poly or cotton and poly blends. I'm sure this question has come up many time before but I am still fairly new here and could really use some opinions. Since this is a doll quilt for a child it will get somewhat rough usage and will need to be washed occasionally. I read on the bag that cotton batting will shrink - is this a big problem? I also read that if you use cotton batting you have to quilt fairly close together and since I'm totally new at this and don't have much faith in my quilting abilities this concerns me. Does one batting hold up better than another? I will be machine quilting so is one better than the other for that? This small quilt is my first "training quilt". I got mentally hooked on quilting several months ago and have been soaking up whatever information I could on the subject. Some of the best information I've received has been right here with all of you! I would greatly appreciate any hints or help regarding batting! Thank you all so much! Bonnie -- delete "removespam" to reply |
frood wrote:
Figures. You swoop in for one tiny post, and it's about Hobbs wool! G Bonnie, Christina spoke so highly of Hobbs wool that I had to try it myself. I've made 2 quilts with it so far, and will do more. It is washable, but perhaps not the best choice for a drag-around doll quilt! I've used the cotton Warm & Natural batting for quiilts for my kids. There was almost no shrinkage when washed. I made 3 I Spy quilts almost 4 years ago, and they get washed frequently. The batting is as nice as when they were new. -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply Thanks Wendy! Everyone has spoken so highly of Hobbs batting - it must be good! Thanks for your help and suggestions. I can't wait to get started on the I Spy quilts but I gotta get this first quilt finished first! Bonnie |
Thank you Carol for sharing your experience. Other than Hobbs there have
been several others mention Warm & Natural. I think I will be sticking to cotton - it seems everyone has good luck with that and I do agree with you about keeping the quilt natural. Bonnie -- "C & S" wrote in message ... Bonnie, Everyone gave such good advice. As for me it's a question of keeping the quilt as natural as possible - 100% natural fibers. I use W&N for MQ. I will admit that I'm so impressed with the outcome that I tend to stick with it. Another brand that I've used and liked the result was dream cotton (select for a summer quilt). Good luck with your choice. Carole Champlain, NY |
Well Plllbbbhhhh PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP I have! made doll quilts out of my
scraps. So there. sheesh. :-) I'd pop in more but my son John (who is handicapped) has been keeping us very busy this year. I miss ya'll! I also like quilters dream cotton, and the hobbs heirloom cotton batting. All are holding up to my busy family! but... the wool is truely my loveliest batting Christina muse9 wrote: frood wrote: Figures. You swoop in for one tiny post, and it's about Hobbs wool! G Bonnie, Christina spoke so highly of Hobbs wool that I had to try it myself. I've made 2 quilts with it so far, and will do more. It is washable, but perhaps not the best choice for a drag-around doll quilt! I've used the cotton Warm & Natural batting for quiilts for my kids. There was almost no shrinkage when washed. I made 3 I Spy quilts almost 4 years ago, and they get washed frequently. The batting is as nice as when they were new. -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply Thanks Wendy! Everyone has spoken so highly of Hobbs batting - it must be good! Thanks for your help and suggestions. I can't wait to get started on the I Spy quilts but I gotta get this first quilt finished first! Bonnie |
as far as I am concerned, there aren't many opposing opinions about cotton,
poly, etc. I think almost everybody likes cotton better, maybe with a tad of poly, but most of us stay away from the awful all poly stuff. I do not prewash, but I like the wrinkled look.... I buy Warm and Natural and Hobbs but I've used other battings I liked better, too bad I have no idea what their name was... "muse9" wrote in message ... I am finally making good progress on my very first quilt top! I am using a 9 patch pattern from an Alex Anderson beginner quilting book. The piecing is going well; I'm learning a lot and loving it!!! In fact I find I have to stay away from my sewing room unless I know I have the time to sew because it seems to magnetically pull me in and keep me for hours at a time! This pattern is for a 30x30 wall hanging but I am making it for a large doll quilt/lap quilt for my DGD. As I get closer to finishing the piecing I know I need to think about the batting I will use for this quilt. I've read so many conflicting opinions on cotton versus poly or cotton and poly blends. I'm sure this question has come up many time before but I am still fairly new here and could really use some opinions. Since this is a doll quilt for a child it will get somewhat rough usage and will need to be washed occasionally. I read on the bag that cotton batting will shrink - is this a big problem? I also read that if you use cotton batting you have to quilt fairly close together and since I'm totally new at this and don't have much faith in my quilting abilities this concerns me. Does one batting hold up better than another? I will be machine quilting so is one better than the other for that? This small quilt is my first "training quilt". I got mentally hooked on quilting several months ago and have been soaking up whatever information I could on the subject. Some of the best information I've received has been right here with all of you! I would greatly appreciate any hints or help regarding batting! Thank you all so much! Bonnie -- delete "removespam" to reply |
a doll quilt? how big is it? if it is small enough, maybe some of us can
send you leftovers of different battings so you can compare? or even a 10" square so you can make some potholders or coasters and test them.... I can provide W&N since it is the only one I recognize. That is, I've used hobbs and many other brands, I am sure, but since the remnants are all in a bag I don't know which is which. I once bough the softest most beautiful batting ever. it was kind of easy to disassemble though, if you pulled too much. no idea what brand it was and I cannot find it again... "frood" wrote in message .com... Figures. You swoop in for one tiny post, and it's about Hobbs wool! G Bonnie, Christina spoke so highly of Hobbs wool that I had to try it myself. I've made 2 quilts with it so far, and will do more. It is washable, but perhaps not the best choice for a drag-around doll quilt! I've used the cotton Warm & Natural batting for quiilts for my kids. There was almost no shrinkage when washed. I made 3 I Spy quilts almost 4 years ago, and they get washed frequently. The batting is as nice as when they were new. -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply "NoMoreSpam" wrote in message ... hobbs wool... It is my favorite. Christina muse9 wrote: I am finally making good progress on my very first quilt top! I am using a 9 patch pattern from an Alex Anderson beginner quilting book. The piecing is going well; I'm learning a lot and loving it!!! In fact I find I have to stay away from my sewing room unless I know I have the time to sew because it seems to magnetically pull me in and keep me for hours at a time! This pattern is for a 30x30 wall hanging but I am making it for a large doll quilt/lap quilt for my DGD. As I get closer to finishing the piecing I know I need to think about the batting I will use for this quilt. I've read so many conflicting opinions on cotton versus poly or cotton and poly blends. I'm sure this question has come up many time before but I am still fairly new here and could really use some opinions. Since this is a doll quilt for a child it will get somewhat rough usage and will need to be washed occasionally. I read on the bag that cotton batting will shrink - is this a big problem? I also read that if you use cotton batting you have to quilt fairly close together and since I'm totally new at this and don't have much faith in my quilting abilities this concerns me. Does one batting hold up better than another? I will be machine quilting so is one better than the other for that? This small quilt is my first "training quilt". I got mentally hooked on quilting several months ago and have been soaking up whatever information I could on the subject. Some of the best information I've received has been right here with all of you! I would greatly appreciate any hints or help regarding batting! Thank you all so much! Bonnie |
Hi Marissa
re cotton vs poly batt. I use both - depending on what look I want. Sometimes I prefer fluffier, sometimes flatter, for kid quilts I only use cotton. I know you said "most" but I think lots of folks use poly batting and get good results. Hobbs and Quilters Dream - both known for good quality batting - manufacture poly and cotton. I am not a machine quilter, but I can see how it would be easier to use cotton for that technique. For hand quilting, I am happy with either - poly being slightly easier to use. I don't consider it "awful" at all. I usually use Hobbs 80/20 for cotton and Fairfield for poly - mostly because they are easiest to come by in my area, and I have never had a problem with either. I know poly can beard - but thankfully I have never had that problem. I am not sure if the bearding is because of a quality of the batt or the fabric - or both. Anyone have info on that? Hope you don't see this as argumentative - just an opinion, and a question. Deena - in Philly |
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