Tips for Selecting the Perfect Quilt Batting!!!
Vložit
- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- If you have difficulty deciding on which batting to use for your quilt, then this video is for you! In this video, I share tips for helping you select the perfect quilt batting!
Amazon Affiliate Link for Know Your Battings: Carry-Along Reference Guide for Quilters:
amzn.to/47zT0Rw
My quilter usually uses Hobbs 80/20, which is a very good batt and what I like for baby quilts and QOV’s. It wears and washes well. But if I make a special quilt for myself, I love a silk batt for a summer quilt and wool for a winter quilt. Silk drapes beautifully and wool is SO warm-but-lightweight. It’s dreamy. Both wool and silk batts are expensive but for special quilts, well worth it.
Beverly, thank you so much for sharing! Great information!
I love little specks!
Wow! That's great! Wish I did!
Gives it a vintage look to me
Quilter's Dream has wonderful battings in various combinations and fibers. Company run by women! Lots of great info today.
Thanks for sharing! I haven't used that brand before. I will have to try it!
I use wool/coton blend for bed quilts. It is very soft and warm (i live in Canada😂). 80/20 for wall hanging or kitchen decor projects. Thanks Michèle for the informative video.
Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you. I was about to make a quilt sandwich with my cotton batting. Tested a strip of my white background fabric and the specks showed through! Never would have thought of this before seeing your video.
I’m so glad you checked it!!!
I pick my batting by project. Just depends on what I want the finished feel to be. I watch cost, but I don't watch cost. Sales are nice. I actually purchase per project and hope there is a fantastic price at the time. I also stock up ahead on batting that I am certain I will use. The sale price at the time of stocking up is fantastic. If it is a cheap I don't care project. Then I get cheaper batting. If itis something I want to last and last and last washing and abuse. Yes, good stuff. Thank you for your tips.
You are most welcome!
Nice to know about all the colors available😊
It's an important factor! Thanks for commenting!
Great show. I let my quilter pick my batting. She knows best but if doing small quilts at home on domestic machine, I use Warm and Natural white.
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you. I really needed this video. I am attempting to sew small quilts for the holidays as gifts and I need potholders. Thank you for all your videos; learning some much from you. Have a nice day.
You are so welcome!
My go-to batting is Warm and Natural. I like the feel, thickness, drape, and there's not much shrinkage when I wash my quilts. I have never noticed the flecks showing through, but I don't often use a solid white background. My long-arm quilter likes to use Hobbs 80-20, so my quilts that she quilts have that, which is fine.
Thanks so much for sharing! Luckily that has only happened to me with one quilt!
I make a lot of lap quilts for Hospice patients, so usually purchase the Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 in a 30 yard roll. It's much more economical for me.
Wow! Great tip!
Warm and Natural works well when quilting smaller projects like wall quilts and baby quilts on a domestic machine. I baste with 1" safety pins, and it looks great!
Thanks for sharing!
Thx for the infomation it was great!!
You are most welcome! Thanks for watching and sharing!
Thank you. I really needed a video on this. Learning so much from you. Have a nice day.
Thank you! You too!
Good Friday morning ! Thank you for this information I want to try that high loft that sounds really fluffy ! I usually let my long armer pick it . this video is great thank you 🙏
You are most welcome!
I am a newbie, and have only completed 2 quilts, and have a 3rd ready to quilt. I decided to try out different batting to see what I like best. I have used Hobbs 20/80 and Warm and White. I plan on using Quilter’s Dream for the 3rd.
Quilts up to a lap size, I will quilt myself. Any twin or larger will go to an LAQ.
I really like your idea of making sample blocks and using different battings! I think I’m going to try this.
I need to look into Quilter's Dream! Thanks for sharing!
Excellent video. Thank you. This was very helpful. I want to try a high loft batting. I appreciated your speaking about the colors of batting and your quilt.
You are most welcome!
Good advice! I use both Hobbs 80/20 and Warm and Natural too. I've never had problems with either. No bearding or show thru - but I rarely use white or black background. Polyester rarely. Thermal batting for pot holders and such. I have wool batting I want to use but I can't decide which quilt I'd like to use it on. (Mostly because of the cost. 😂)Thanks again! Appreciated!
Thanks for sharing!
I always use the exact same Warm & Natural for all of my quilts (which are all Twin-Queen. I rarely make anything smaller) so that if I want to piece left over batting it’s not a problem. The only thing I deviate from is the fact that I sometimes use white and sometimes off white. And, my LAQ has never ever had an issue with it.
Excellent! Keep doing what is working!!
I always consider where a quilt is going and how much wear and tear it will suffer, I use wool batting for quilts going to cold climate or cotton for places that are warmer and they poly for charity quilts.❤
Thanks for sharing!
I also use warm and natural😊
It is a great batting!
I use 20/80 never had a problem .
Thanks for sharing!
I sometimes use Quilters Dream cotton batting because they offer various thicknesses. Mainly I use Warm and White. I tried preshrinking it once by soaking it in hot water with no washing machine agitation. I did not like the result; the surface got too many little pills on it - I assume from rubbing against itself during the run through the dryer.
Thanks for sharing!! Great to know!
I use warm and natural white and hobbs mostly.
Thanks for sharing!
I didn’t know that about quilt batting
I’m glad this was helpful!
I’m curious about what batting is most similar to what our ancestors used. The old quilts have such a great hand.
Yes they do! Answers will vary because they used cotton wading, old quilts, worn out blankets, cotton batting…. I like white 100% cotton warm and natural.. I have also like wool.
I really like the Sandwich quilt idea! A favorite of mine is the warm and natural. Great to work with and never been a problem after washing. I have some unfinished runners and a quilt I need to get done. Where can I find the book on batting tips?
Here is the Amazon affiliate link for the book: amzn.to/3skf6Yb
I think you will find it helpful.
I like Warm and Natural for most quilts. I use Warm and White when I have alot of white background. I make smaller quilts, using Odif 505 spray for basting and quilt on my domestic machine.
Thanks for sharing!
I like Warm and Natural in white. If the colors of my quilt are dark. I use a dark batting.
Thanks for sharing!
I like Warm and Natural and I also use Hobbs 80/20. Could you show how you fold your quilts and how often do you refold them so there is no creases.
Here is a video I filmed on how to fold your quilts: czcams.com/video/vPiy80j8j-k/video.html
I don't have a schedule for refolding but I should use one!
Thank you. I will look for it
@@thesimplequilter7499
Hello, and a Happy New Year to you, a Healthy and a Prosperous one.
I'm a newbie, so not any experience to share with. I would like to ask what type of batting would you recommend for a table runner, and a placemat, and small placemats to be used for hot bowls to place on them.
Thank you for your advice.
If you want to use it like a hot pad I would recommend Insul-Brite and 100% cotton batting.
I suppose these are 2 battings, right? Having 2 fabrics (one front, one back) and 2 battings, Can they all be sewed together at a domestic machine?
As regards to the table runner and placemats, I suppose 100% cotton batting or 80/20 will work fine?
Thanks a lot.
I prefer low loft 80/20 cotton/polyester batting for quilts. I tried 100% polyester and it just seems too stiff. I remember the first time I washed batting and didnt know what I was doing. It shredded to pieces.😅
Thanks for sharing!
If it's a small project (table runners, placemats, purses, totes, baby quilts etc) I use actual blanket fleece. It quilts up like a dream, doesn't rip up, washes up great, you never see those little tufty puffs coming out... U could likely do it for a twin quilt too, just remember it's width is 54. Ps, please don't use wool batting unless u know no one in the house it's going to is allergic, because they'll have to get rid of it. All that hard work wasted...
Great info! Thanks for sharing!
I use the one Walmart has
Thanks for sharing!
Here is the Amazon Affiliate link for Know Your Battings: Carry-Along Reference Guide : amzn.to/3KM2z63
What batting do you use with minkie? I want my blankets to be cuddly.
I don’t know because I have never seen with Mindy. Sorry I couldn’t help.
I was wondering if you could tell me why the batting has scrim or not.
Scrim is a type of binder that helps reduce stretch in batting. That is how I understand it.