Dream Green Batting

looks interesting, Judy. i like recycling too whenever i can so off i went to check this one out. i read about the batting and most questions have been answered but i dont see anything on there about the warmth factor. i wonder if the quilt will breathe like cotton or wool or other natural fibres do when you're under one. the dream green is made from plastic bottles. hmmm, come to think of it did i read somewhere that fleece is also made from plastic bottles. might be worth emailing for some answers about that and any other queries.

'll be interested to see if anyone here has used it and what they =think. j.

"Judy Clarke" wrote... Please help, I'm in Canada but I get the Keepsake Quilting catalogs here. I'm interested in the Dream Green Batting as I believe in recycling. I plan an using this for the batting for a "bedspread" and am interested in any feedback I can get. I'm planning to purchase in the next couple of weeks to any help would be appreciated. This will not be washed much and I cannot get this in Canada. Has anyone tried this? My quilting friends in Canada have never heard of this.

Thanks, Judy

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Judy, I can't give you first-hand experience because I just bought my first piece. But my LQS quilter friend absolutely adores it. He is much more than a machine quilter; he is a true artist at the craft and a handquilter too. He says he will never go back to cotton. He showed me the quilts he's made and they are absolutely beautiful. They have a lovely drape and are somewhat less "heavy" than 80/20 in the finished quilt. (Just IMO), but I think it "shows off" the quilting a little better. Maybe a tiny bit more definition to the stitching even though it's the same thickness. It's soft as can be. Since it

*is* a new thing, I can't help wondering how it will perform over several washings. Just from handling it, I can tell that it's going to "cling" well to the fabric during the quilting process. Have you ever felt it? Like I mentioned before, I have bought a piece of it, just haven't used it yet. I'd be glad to snip off a sample and send to you.

Sherry

I was very intrigued by this. Sounds perfect. But I won't buy it till I can find some information about bearding. I got excited about bamboo batting, too, but quickly found testimonials that said it beards like silk batting. Those people are actually un-quilting so they can replace the batting.

I wouldn't want to make that mistake. I think I'll sit back a bit on this till I someone finds out how it beards.

Susan K members.cox.net/kratersge

Remember, Judy, that natural cotton is also "green". There is a company in the U.S. now growing cotton and making batting without any of the chemicals used in the past. Sorry I don;t have the name for you.

Lynne In Toronto (way too cold to grow cotton here!)

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Hi Judy, I'm also living in Canada and my advice: before you do buy, talk with them at Keepsake Quilting first regarding the actual shipping costs applied to a batt and any other items that you might be buying from them. Bamboo batting is also good for the environment and is a sustainable fibre plus it is available in Canada - I can give you several links, if you are interested in trying it out. jennellh

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Hobbs and Fairfield both sell organic cotton batting; there are other companies, too. One of my friends grew up in the cotton growing areas of the southern U.S.A.; she uses organic cotton batting because she says she knows about the chemicals that were used on cotton and doesn't want them on her quilt.

Julia > Remember, Judy, that natural cotton is also "green". There is a

I'm interested in the Dream Green Batting as I believe in recycling. I plan an using this for the batting for a "bedspread" and am interested in any feedback I can get. I'm planning to purchase in the next couple of weeks to any help would be appreciated. This will not be washed much and I cannot get this in Canada. Has anyone tried this? My quilting friends in Canada have never heard of this.

Howdy!

Amen, Lynne. Cotton batting means keeping ALL those plastic bottles out of landfills & oceans. ;-) Altho' cotton production can be "mean, not green", it doesn't have to be destructive. I'd rather use cotton or 80% cotton blend than plastic, any day; plastic comes from oil, a non-renewable resource. And to recycle that plastic, they're using more non-renewable resources & icky chemicals. It's not just the "green batting" I'm looking at, it's what the producer is doing, overall, that makes a difference.

I'll stick w/ the cotton/cotton blend, thanks. Ragmop/Sandy- in the cotton capital of the U.S. (aka one of the big oil states, black gold, Texas tea.. )

Is there any group or clearing house kind of an operation that actually can give a good explanation of what 'green' products really are green? That term seems to be thrown around a lot but sometimes the products are questionable. I am hesitant to use some of the 'new' battings until they are tried and true anyway. I guess even if we don't live in TX we can be Hobbs junkies. : )

Taria, all that is being produced in CA today is a LOT of yucky fire smoke. I think God is smacking the green car folks in the face. : (

Green is good, but you're right, it gets slapped on so many things!

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I'm interested in the Dream Green Batting as I believe in recycling. I plan an using this for the batting for a "bedspread" and am interested in any feedback I can get. I'm planning to purchase in the next couple of weeks to any help would be appreciated. This will not be washed much and I cannot get this in Canada. Has anyone tried this? My quilting friends in Canada have never heard of this.

I guess we are about 60 miles. We were pretty lucky with the smoke until this morning. Sun never was out today. Hiding behind the smoke. Street lights off and on because they are light (or no light) activated. I think we might just take off for SD tomorrow. There is a fire on Camp Pendleton but hopefully that smoke won't get where we are headed. Last week when DS headed up they almost got a water drop right on their truck coming up the pass. Thankfully, that was a small fire. Up to now not too many homes lost but one is too many. Taria

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