CAN I DOUBLE BATTING

[Margo C.]

BEING THE CHEAP PERSON THAT I AM,I BOUGHT SOME BATTING AT WALMART. IT IS NOT THICK ENOUGH FOR WHAT I WANT.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO DOUBLE IT? AND HOW? IT IS VERY VERY THIN !!!! WILL IT DISTORT THE QUILT?

[Judy B.]

I have friends who do that regularly. As long as you pin, baste, glue the layers together securely before
quilting, everything should be fine.

Good luck!

[Judy B.]

THANKS MUCH JUDY. GUESS I'LL TRY IT. IT'S THE LAST TIME I BUY BATTING AT WALMART.

[Hannelore N.]

I can't think of any reason why you should not double that batting.

But I'm wondering about something else: If the batting is not an established brand name and so we know how the batting will behave, then you may want to consider carefully pre-washing it because it may shrink in a way that you are not expecting.

[Hannelore N.]

Forgotten to say: I doubled up batting and spray-basted the two batting together (no problems with handling them then), did the quilting etc, and washed the quilt when finished in order to get rid of all the glue residue.

[Margo C.]

Read the package instructions before you try to pre-wash! Some can NOT be prewashed and you will wind up with a very large wet Kleenex!! :shock:

[Hannelore N.]

Oooops...... Good job Margo is keeping an eye on things!

[Hannelore N.]

You can do anything. Whether it is recommended might be a different matter.

When I joined up with a quilting bee in the late 90s I was the spring chicken, just in my 50s. The group was primarily in their 70s or 80s and they were making quilts based on what was needed when they were young and living in log houses. The quilt on the frame my first day, and largely my introduction to hand quilting, was a sheet on the back, a pieced fortrel squares top and double Mountain Mist batting. I could do nothing but stab and poke with that. I had a real argument on my hands when I had them quilt for me and I would not allow double batting and they thought I was the foolish one. Despite that introduction to hand quilting I went on to enjoy it but due to hand issues have given it up but still miss it.

[Lotti D.]

when i do my play quilts i usually use double - if not tripple layers of batting - of course this does hamper the quilting - but for these quilts - all the quilting has to do is hold it all together - so i can go and do grass patches and similar things to hold it all together...
the main issue i've found - is that all the layers have to be basted together really really really well

[Lotti D.]

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR ANSWERS. I FOUND OUT I'M NOT AS COURAGEOUS AS I THOUGHT. I WENT TO MY QUILT SHOP AND
BOUGHT GOOD BATTING. I'LL USE THE OTHER FOR PRACTICING.

[Lotti D.]

when i do my play quilts i usually use double - if not tripple layers of batting - of course this does hamper the quilting - but for these quilts - all the quilting has to do is hold it all together - so i can go and do grass patches and similar things to hold it all together...
the main issue i've found - is that all the layers have to be basted together really really really well

Lotti, What are "grass Patches"?

[Lotti D.]

NOT what it sounds like - although that could be quite useful for calming down cranky babies - or better yet, their mums
no - i just sew little green spiky things that look (in the most remote sense) like tufts of weeds all over my cloth fields
so no worries - no need to report me and my friends to the local narcotics team

[Lotti D.]

Lotti,
You are so funny! I never even thouhgt of that kind of grass. :lol:
Thanks for the info. I am going to practice some.