Warm & Safe Batting?

They sure don't say anything about prewashing to prevent shrinkage. If you read the page for Warm & Natural it goes into detail about how to prewash if you don't want shrinkage after your quilt is made. Wonder if they would answer you if you emailed your question to them.

Is this stuff soft? Sure doesn't sound like it would be from your description.

I'm guessing plantation trees are raised on tree farms. You see many, many acres of tree farms in the northwest now. Think rows and rows of trees instead of rows and rows of corn!

Donna in Idaho

Wonder if this is the batting we were discussing a new months ago. I seem to remember that it was flame retardant, but they wouldn't reveal what it was made of.

I'm thinking bamboo -that seems to be the new fiber du jour. Roberta in D

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Plantation Trees are inded part of the sustainable agriculture movement and a very good developement indeed. They only cut a certain amount of trees, from their acreage, and then immediately replant them so that they have a continuing yeild. This in opposition to Clearcutting all the trees in a given area and wiping out all the life and growth. Much better for the soil erosion and wildlife in the area. I buy Plantation pine that is grown in the South and it makes for some wonderful furniture wood and I can feel good about doing something for the environment. I also don't buy tropical hardwoods any more due to the clearcutting issues and deforestation in those countries, that is occuring with that type of forestry opperation. Ok, I will now climb down from the custom made solid wood dovetailed, and mortise and tennon, period correct soapbox, that I was occupying.

John

I'm not liking what Mickie said about the batting, 'The feel of it is strange to me: when I pick it up I am reminded of the way snow crunches underfoot when the temperatures are very cold....'. A little fellow might think a crunchy quilt was entertaining but it sure doesn't sound very comforting. Polly

I'm with you, Polly. It sure doesn't sound like a batting I would want in a quilt for myself, much less a baby. Quilts should be soft and silent. Debra in VA See my quilts at

I always thought cotton was a sustainable type of agriculture. :) This sounds like just another way to get you to spend more money for an inferior product just because they are trying to tell you it is ecologically sound. Even though the old way is better.

Vikki in WA State

Plantation Trees are inded part of the sustainable agriculture

You're kidding right? Cotton trashes the soil - it's a heavy feeder which means tons of fertilizer gets dumped on the soil. Lots of pesticides too as bugs love the stuff. Hardly sustainable :-)

As to the "is it soft" question. I don't find most battings terribly soft out of the package but they do wash up nicely. Maybe this one will wash up well and not be crunchy.

marcella

Quilts should be silent??! Then you might not want to see some of the fabrics I chose for my first quilt! :-)

VA

Mickie Swall wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com:

I was just reading and had to post the question - Did you know that the Warm and Natural Batting Line here in Halifax, N.S. is 12.5% polypropylene - that's the stuff they make wicking material for hikers and such - on your quilt, this may be the sound of "baking soda" snow at ccoolldd temperatures. My question is, since, I beleive, this material retains smells, as personally experienced with hiking gear and a polypropylene "Polar Fleece" blanket. I read somewhere on the net that the plastic actually reacts to lipids in persperation, therefore the strength of the odor is the relative amount of this lipid in your persperation, and to a degree, how often the item is used. This begs the question, do I want to use a product, which you are spending good money for, which may pickup smells which could, in my opinion, render the quilt unwanted, which is a sin in most cultures . If the smell from my parents blanket is any indication, I believe 1/4 of the smell from that blanket would be enough to turn you off a quilt.

Sincerely, DCT

PS I enjoy celtic quilting (Singer TouchnSew 758) and machine embroidery (Singer EU-1) - its a story I'll tell some time...

Bamboo kitchen utensils can go in a dishwasher, unlike wooden ones. Just one of the features I like about bamboo stuff for the kitchen :-)

really? Melinda. i'd be reluctant to try it. dont want that detergent getting into the fibre and leeching into food without my knowledge. i dont put any wooden or wooden handled utensils in the dishwasher. good way to ruin your favourite knives. amazing how many folks dont realize that. i dont mind washing up stuff. i wash all the pots/pans/utensils/bowls used when cooking or baking. i'm a scaredy cat bout stuff like that. :) shrug, jeanne

"mel> Bamboo kitchen utensils can go in a dishwasher, unlike wooden ones.

I've never had a problem and I've put some bits through a number of times now, even my bamboo chopsticks. I don't have any wooden handled knives or such, just the odd wooden spoon which I don't use often.

Thanks for looking, you always come up with interesting stuff! My Chinese boss some years ago told me it was considered "the scholar's tree" and a good sign if you had some in the garden. And I remember that one of the closets in the site Pat sent us a couple of days ago had a really lovely bamboo floor. Roberta in D

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from trees. It is still a plant fibrer as is cotton, and I know paper is made from trees, so why not batting? It feels more like polyester to me. The batting I have was not packaged nor did it have any paperwork with it, that is why I went to the website to see if they had anything to say about it there. I can probably wait til Monday to contact the folks at Warm Company and ask about washing and shrinkage. I'll let you know what they say and also my experience with it. Mickie

Howdy!

There's hope:

"... Texas continues to lead the United States in organic cotton production, with limited acreage also planted in California, New Mexico, and Missouri."

of course

R/Sandy

What happened to the Arizona cotton farming? We still have lots of it around. (remember Pima cotton?? From Pima county Arizona?? )

Pati, in Phx, originally from Tucson in Pima County

Sandy Ellis> Howdy!