Recommend a batt?

I usually use Hobbs Heirloom 80% cotton/20% poly. It doesn't have a loft, but I've never thought crib quilts needed more. I almost always buy king or queen size batts and then cut them to the size I need for the smaller quilts. I have found that it is generally more economical to buy the larger batts and cut them up. I often end up with some good size scraps and piece several of those together for crib quilts, too.

Julia > It is time to order another case of batting and I'm wondering if I'm making

Polly, I'm thinking no batt is truly thick enough to provide a real 'cushion' for a baby landing. You'd have to get to the thickness of a pillow or something? I buy my bolts of W&N (or Warm & White without the seed pieces some folks worry about) with Joann's 50% off coupon.

If you cut it lengthwise, you could get a TON of baby quilts from it. Since it's 90 in. wide you could get two 45 in. widths by cutting the entire bolt lengthwise. If the quilts were about 42"X36" then you'd get almost 80 baby battings out of a 40 yd. bolt (allowing a bit extra on each batt for shifting, etc.). The regular price of the 80 yard bolt is $324.99- half off is $162.50 for approx. 80 baby size battings or a little over $2.00 a batting? I *think* I did the math correctly! VBG And, altho I would NOT advise this, I routinely quilt ones that size without basting! The W&N is tacky against the cotton fabric and I just very carefully smooth the sandwich and make some mq stitching lines in both directions to hold it in place and then go for it. That saves a HUGE amount of time and the 50% off saves a HUGE amount of money compared to $6.22 per batt you mentioned. And the W&N is tough yet soft and soooo very washable and dries quickly. I think that would be a wise purchase for you.... IMNSHO

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

I mistyped- that's a *40* yard bolt of W&N- I typed 40 in one place and 80 in the other place.... sorry!

Leslie

Here's what the hubby made for me to store my bolt of W&N. It's two closet rod brackets with a metal pole thru the center of the bolt- the rod rests on the 'cup' part of the bracket- total cost was less then $10. You can put it in the top of a closet or any place out of the way. It's worked really well for me for over two years. One word of warning- do NOT give the end of the batting a yank. It will start unrolling and not stop! Pull v-e-e-r-r-r-y-y-y-y gently on the loose end until you have enough. Or cut it into proper size pieces and store them in a big box???

Well, yes, Julia, I agree that a crib quilt 'normally' wouldn't need any loft. When the call went out after Katrina for crib quilts, I thought thin quilts would be best because there certainly was no need for a thick or heavy quilt in this climate. Someone pointed out that all too often, the little ones here on the Gulf Coast in shelters may only have a play pen - or the floor - to sleep on and the extra padding of some poly would be softer. All polyester is, I think, an absolute beast to quilt but I can deal with a blend. Polly

But it isn't exactly resilient to lie on, not like a mattress. There's just not much body to individual poly fibers and sitting on them squishes them flat. Cotton seems meatier and likely to provide more padding, IMO.

Go ahead, buy a bolt. It's only 30 yards, and once you've cut off enough for a couple of quilts, the diameter shrinks pretty fast. Having a Whole Bolt of batting makes me feel like the richest woman on earth. Roberta in D

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A new roll of batting is like having an extra person in the house. I would lay the roll on the guestroom bed when no one was visiting and then move it to a corner of the master bedroom when someone needed the guest bed.

I often thought it would be cute to stand the roll in any odd corner of the house and "dress" it. A stand could be made with a pole to support the roll. Shoes could be glued on either side of the pole and peak out from under the roll. The roll itself would be covered with a dress and topped with a hat. You could go all out and make a soft sculptured head to hold the hat. Add extra fun by redressing the "visitor" and moving her around the house.

I st>It is time to order another case of batting and I'm wondering if I'm making

I use warm and natural or warm and white (whatever is in the house!), and the last use of a baby quilt of mine that I saw was:

Landing pad for 5 month old god daughter: her older brother's quilt folded double twice and put bang slap in the middle of the dining table while we were all eating. The mother said she didn't want to exclude the little one by putting her on the floor, and since she doesn't yet roll over and there are adults on both sides, they decided it was safe.

Baby seemed perfectly happy :-)

Hanne in London

Kind of like having a lot of empty bobbins, or plenty of safety pins for basting. Taria

Roberta Zollner wrote:

I took a Hawaiian quilting class. They like puffy poly batts to show off the contours of the quilting. The batting recommended was Hobbs Cloud Loft. Another puffy batt (also poly) is Super Fluff! It's odd to quilt with at first because it's so thick but it does compress down as you go. Might be two brands to hunt for.

Cotton is nice but not much loft.

Wool gives more loft (I do like the Hobbs Wool) but costs more than the cotton.

marcella

Polly, Remember that the puffiness flattens out when any weight is put on it. So check the "compressed" thickness of the Gold against the Warm and Natural. You may be surprised. Keeping a roll of batting, Warm and Natural/White comes in a box, easy to store if you have a place that is about 48" high by about 15"(?) square. Or figure out a way to suspend it from the ceiling. Just be sure to secure the end of the batting on the roll if you suspend, otherwise you are liable to end up with a puddle of batting on the floor when you least expect it. I like the Hobbs Heirloom, I like Warm and White, I like Quilter's Dream. But all are fairly "flat". That is fine with me. YMMV. Don't like most of the all poly batts, especially for baby quilts.

Pati,in Phx

Polly Esther wrote:

There's an online 50% JoAnn's coupon good for today and tomorrow and I see the super economy of buying a roll. Now I don't know which one I'd enjoy quilting with. Methinks it would be an interesting experiment to try some of the ones recommended here before I give the guest room its very own batting roll. Buying a roll and soon hating it would not be a good thing. Maybe I'll have my little mind made up before the next 50% off time comes around. Thank you all. Polly