Yet another batting question

Howdy!

Hobbs Heirloom 80/20

It's good for all quilts.

duh... ;-D

R/Sandy

I agree, and if you want warmer, add another quilt or 2! Roberta in D

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Hey Sunny:

Some of my machine quilting friends have put two layers of W&N together in a quilt for more warmth.

I am commiting quilt sucide by using a poly backing. I go to Hancock Fabric and buy their Grand Flannel. Its thin, which I like. I have reports from those that have pinched a couple of my quilts, that the quilt is not hot but comfortably warm.

I also learned the hard way to not over quilt by machine. That smashed the batting and will not hold body heat as well.

Hobbs 80/20 works as well as W&N.

Hope this helps.

Kate T. South Mississippi

Any good batt on the inside, and flannel backing is good and warm. Wool has been coming down in price a bit. It might be because there is more than one brand easily available now. If you do want to go with wool but still find it pricey, check your local military surplus stores and thrift shops. Sometimes you find old wool blankets in such places. If you whack off the edgings they are easy to quilt through, and nice and toasty to sleep under.

Beyond that make more quilts and other things to keep your people warm. Something happens along the way when you do that. DH calls it warm magic, he swears I can chain a ring in crochet and if you set it around somebody they will keep warm. I wouldn't go so far as to claim that, but practice surely seems to make warmness.

NightMist

You can get a queen sized wool batting delivered to your door for $30.50 from King's Men Quiting Supply. I bought some from them a few years ago when they were even less expensive but I thought the service was excellent and the price was much less than my local quilt shop. The LQS was and is still charging $75 for the exact same thing.

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They also carry the Hobb's 80/20 batting for $12 (plus shipping) for a queen sized package. Their shipping is very reasonable (I thought). I am not connected with them in any way other than being a satisfied customer. They carry lots of other quilting supplies and I have had excellent service from them.

Judie in Penfield NY

Thank you, Judie. My rotary blade stash was going down so I ordered some from King's. Ten Olfa for $ 37 including shipping is the best I've seen lately. Some of the off-brand ones I've tried were duds and that is No bargain. Polly

How "warm" does he want it to be?

Mom quilted a queen size using high loft poly batting (IIRC Mountain Mist brand). She gave it to my brother who dearly loves the snuggly-ness (guys are suckers for anything soft) and since he lives on a mountain he loves the warmth.

Truth be known, giving it to my brother was about the only thing she could do with it. Mom is the main care giver for her father, and his house is usually about 80-85 degrees year round. She just about died from heat stroke while quilting this super thick fluffy quilt last February and knew it would go un-used if she kept it, so she gave it to Bro. This made me thankful that I have a brother because I don't want a quilt that warm on my bed. I'm in that time of life when my internal furnace is running amok. Debra in VA See my quilts at

Deb, I agree with you. I am happy with much lighter sleeping covers. But my husband loves thick, snuggly. (And they all like us to wear long hair) This was supposed to be a little, easy lap quilt for a friend. But my husband saw it early on in the process and fell in love with it. I've spent more than he would like to know trying to buy enough fabric to make it queen sized. Now, he says I must make it warm and snuggly.

Judie, thanks for the great information! I am going to check that out definitely. I love the idea of a wool batting in my quilt.

For those who have used a wool batt, how is it to work with? I am going to machine quilt .... how heavy is it compared to a cotton? And what about shrinkage?

Sunny with a never ending supply of questions

Sunny... my grandmother always used Mountain Mist. depending on the usage of the quilt, whether it was utility or a gift or charity quilt, she would pick the loft accordingly. i like a low loft to hand quilt, and since i cant machine quilt with my carpal tunnel syndrome anymore, i send the higher lofts out for machine quilting. i do like W&N to do small projects also. i really must invest in a long arm! amy

Sunny I love wool batting and I know that Cheryl ( and the Cats) loves it too.

My first 2 quilts had poly batting (Mountain Mist) and I have found that they are not wearing at all well ( I think that more quilting would help but I didn't know any better at the time).

I tried Warm and Natural and much prefer using wool

I have found it easy to quilt and much warmer that poly, minimual shrinkage and I just throw it in the machine.

YMMV

Dee > Deb, I agree with you. I am happy with much lighter sleeping covers.

Pollydear the only ones I have come across are the prickly even weave ones. If they have changed that, then those blankets might not be so easy. The prickly ones are a snap though. Sadly our surplus place has gone out (along with most everything else) so I am not up to date on the matter.

NightMist

I think Katrina took out our surplus store but the prickly blanket was the one I was remembering. We don't really need wool here in the Swamp. One day one of our grands might need a wool quilt; I was paying attention just in case. Polly

DH & I share a bed, but not all the covers. He has heavier covers on his side of the bed, and I have lightweight stuff on my side. A quilt goes over all of it and hides our weird choice of covers, but I usually just roll it to DH's side at night. Debra in VA See my quilts at