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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. -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education |
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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 ps.com... 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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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! -- Michelle in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/desert_quilter "joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska" wrote in message ps.com... 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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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 ps.com... 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 |
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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! -- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ |
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