Hand Quilter Question

I'm thinking of teaching a hand quilting class this spring at Country
Sampler (Papillion NE). What would you recommend as a batting? My Mom
used the cheapest, thinnest poly bat she could find at Walmart and made
beautiful quilts. I'd prefer something cotton and easier to work with.
(That poly is a stinker to spread out evenly over the quilt top and
back.) I've used Hobbs 80/20. I'm using the lightest Dream Cotton on
my current project and it's okay. Is there something better?

tia,
joan

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"joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska" wrote:

I'm thinking of teaching a hand quilting class this spring at Country
Sampler (Papillion NE). What would you recommend as a batting? My Mom
used the cheapest, thinnest poly bat she could find at Walmart and made
beautiful quilts. I'd prefer something cotton and easier to work with.
(That poly is a stinker to spread out evenly over the quilt top and
back.) I've used Hobbs 80/20. I'm using the lightest Dream Cotton on
my current project and it's okay. Is there something better?

tia,
joan

Poly is actually quite easy to hand quilt through. Even the heavy kind
used in Hawaiian quilts is pretty easy to needle.

If you want a natural fiber than I think the easiest is wool. Hobbs
makes a great one. Ok, well silk is really easy but much more
expensive.

For cotton....the lightest Quilters Dream or Hobbs 80/20 are what I
generally end up with. Cotton is really the toughest to hand quilt
through many people just love cotton so they choose one with a light
weight and no scrim.

marcella

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Marcella Peek wrote:

In article om,
"joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska" wrote:

I'm thinking of teaching a hand quilting class this spring at Country
Sampler (Papillion NE). What would you recommend as a batting? My Mom
used the cheapest, thinnest poly bat she could find at Walmart and made
beautiful quilts. I'd prefer something cotton and easier to work with.
(That poly is a stinker to spread out evenly over the quilt top and
back.) I've used Hobbs 80/20. I'm using the lightest Dream Cotton on
my current project and it's okay. Is there something better?

tia,
joan

Poly is actually quite easy to hand quilt through. Even the heavy kind
used in Hawaiian quilts is pretty easy to needle.

If you want a natural fiber than I think the easiest is wool. Hobbs
makes a great one. Ok, well silk is really easy but much more
expensive.

For cotton....the lightest Quilters Dream or Hobbs 80/20 are what I
generally end up with. Cotton is really the toughest to hand quilt
through many people just love cotton so they choose one with a light
weight and no scrim.

marcella


I'll echo everything Marcella says, but I just want to add one little
hint. If you do decide to go with Hobbs 80/20 (which I love, but I'll
readily admit that poly and wool -- haven't tried silk yet -- are much
easier), presoaking it according to the package instructions makes it
quite a bit easier to needle.
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Wool. It's like it's not even there. I can't get enough of that stuff.

Cindy


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I'm thinking of teaching a hand quilting class this spring at Country
Sampler (Papillion NE). What would you recommend as a batting? My Mom
used the cheapest, thinnest poly bat she could find at Walmart and made
beautiful quilts. I'd prefer something cotton and easier to work with.
(That poly is a stinker to spread out evenly over the quilt top and
back.) I've used Hobbs 80/20. I'm using the lightest Dream Cotton on
my current project and it's okay. Is there something better?

tia,
joan

I don't know what the best batting is, but I can recommend that if you use a
poly batting, be sure that it is bonded. Before we knew the difference
between bonded and unbonded, my mom used an unbonded poly bat and now the
quilt is bearding. AUUUGGHH!
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Michelle in NV
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"joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of teaching a hand quilting class this spring at Country
Sampler (Papillion NE). What would you recommend as a batting? My Mom
used the cheapest, thinnest poly bat she could find at Walmart and made
beautiful quilts. I'd prefer something cotton and easier to work with.
(That poly is a stinker to spread out evenly over the quilt top and
back.) I've used Hobbs 80/20. I'm using the lightest Dream Cotton on
my current project and it's okay. Is there something better?

tia,
joan

teleflora wrote:
Wool. It's like it's not even there. I can't get enough of that stuff.

Cindy


"joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of teaching a hand quilting class this spring at Country
Sampler (Papillion NE). What would you recommend as a batting? My Mom
used the cheapest, thinnest poly bat she could find at Walmart and made
beautiful quilts. I'd prefer something cotton and easier to work with.
(That poly is a stinker to spread out evenly over the quilt top and
back.) I've used Hobbs 80/20. I'm using the lightest Dream Cotton on
my current project and it's okay. Is there something better?

tia,
joan

Absolutely. The needle slips through it like butter. I did my last one
with wool batting and now am totally spoiled.

Sherry

I have used the Hobbs Poly-Down for both hand and machine quilting and
never had any trouble with it bearding, even with dark colored fabric.
I'm now hooked on Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 for both hand and machine
quilting; it quilts quite easily by hand, though perhaps not quite as
easily as the Poly-Down.

Julia in MN

Michelle wrote:
I don't know what the best batting is, but I can recommend that if you use a
poly batting, be sure that it is bonded. Before we knew the difference
between bonded and unbonded, my mom used an unbonded poly bat and now the
quilt is bearding. AUUUGGHH!


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