Batting For Hand Quilting

Hand quilting joins the quilt top batting and backing layers.

Batting for hand quilting.

Best for hand quilting. Batts without scrim are best for hand quilting the scrim is what makes it hard to stitch through. Pellon b 96 bamboo blend quilt batting needle punched makes hand quilting easy it will not stretch biodegradable softer than 100 cotton best for machine quilting. By hand quilting the quilt has a softer feel.

Hobbs has many very soft fine nice batts the dream batts are also wonderful and those the poly cotton wool and silks are all just wonderful to stitch. Each batting has its own characteristic hand the way it feels when combined with fabric and quilting. Some people like that. Low loft batting is great for a flatter finish where you want to show off your piecing more than your quilting lines though if you are hand quilting choose low loft no matter how amazing your stitches are it s just easier go for higher loft if you want a nice puffy quilt with very visible quilting lines.

The hand of the batting is determined by the fiber used as well as the manufacturing processes. I am not crazy about hq with w n but it is nice for machine quilting. I would like to know if the handquilters who use w n have ever tried anything else. Cotton batting does tend to put drag on the needle.

Both tiny stitches and big stitches are okay. Polys are usually quite easy to hq with. It is the traditional method for making sure that the batting or filling to a quilt didn t shift inside the top and the backing. Likewise cotton and.