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Best batting for baby quilt - polyester or cotton
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Cotton. Or a mostly-cotton blend. The batting in that tiny quilt I sent you is Hobbs Heirloom (of course g): http://www.hobbsbondedfibers.com/quilters.html and look what a happy little quilt that made. ;-D Good luck, Tutu! The quilt top & back sound just fine. R/Sandy--I like babies...on toast On 8/26/07 10:02 AM, in article , "Roberta Zollner" wrote: Ooh, a religious issue! My own preference is always natural fiber. Cotton breathes, it shrinks up and makes a lovely textured surface, drapes well, and it's a lot easier to machine quilt, if that's your plan. Assuming your fabrics are also cotton, why not stick with a good thing? And there's the fire safety issue, not that your friend will ever suffer a fire. Polyester melts and sticks, cotton needs a much higher temperature before it will burn. Sounds like a really pretty quilt! Roberta in D "Tutu Haynes-Smart" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hi all I really need your help here - I am out of my depth. Very good friend has just become a grandmother and asked me to make a baby quilt for her new grandson. Now, babies - let alone baby quilts - are not my favourite things - so I am swimming in deep water vbg. I have made what is probably a totally unsuitable top (hoffman panel with bears and ducks and other stuff) and made it a bit larger with a final border of scrapy four patches. The back is my interpretation of a baby quilt 12 x 14 3" rail fence blocks in barn-raising layout in shades of blue yellow and turqoise with a large turqoise border around the outside to make is the same size (more or less) as the front. Now to my question: Is cotton or poly batt better - and why? I have both and don't quite know what to do next. The quilt will be used in England if temparatures make a difference. Help .... -- Cheers for now Tutu Cape Town, South Africa |
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