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what batt for fluffy quilt?

Criminey! it's disgusting the stuff that appears when I search on "quilt batt tied"! I should've just posted here to begin with.

I'm making a quilt that's going to get washed, slept on by cats & dogs, taken to football games, etc., so I am planning to tie it. The giftee also likes high loft. What's the fluffiest, least likely to bunch or travel, will stand up to washing and need minimum ties? Not asking much, am I? ; )

TIA and Happy Holidays! Lobo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delete the obvious to reply to me personally. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Lobo
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No, you're not asking too much. Right after Hurricane Katrina, we were hunting for that sort of batting because the babies didn't need warm covers as much as they needed a soft place to simply 'be'. The nicest affordable high loft we found was Cloud-Loft by Hobbs. It is 5/8" thick and quite durable. I'm told the Hawaiian quilters love it because it certainly would make quilting very visible - not something I'm likely to undertake in this lifetime. If you don't have an LQS, Batt-Mart manages to supply nearly every reasonably priced batting. Do remember to set your SM stitches per inch down shorter when piecing - it sounds like your quilt is going to need to be sturdy. Polly

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Polly Esther

Sounds like you want something that will hold up to hard wear without much work and it doesn't quite work that way. I'd suggest a medium loft polyester batting and machine tack every 4-5 inches apart. If you really love the tied look you can add ties wherever you wish, or run the tieing cord under the machine tacking threads.

Machine tacking is using a zig zag or satin stitch several times in exactly the same spot. It is much quicker than tieing a quilt by hand. Debra in VA See my quilts at

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Debra

You could always double a thinner batt... buy a king-sized batt and fold it in half- it would be cheaper than two twin sized batts.

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

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Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

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You are so right! No ... I don't love the tied look. I just want to finish the quilt quickly. Machine tacking is a great idea. Thank you! Lobo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delete the obvious to reply to me personally. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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You're welcome. Debra in VA See my quilts at

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