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Batting Question?
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 |
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