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I have recently finished a modern pattern quilt top. I'm not sure what batting to use so when washed it doesn't looked crinkled. I love the crinkled look on traditional patterns but on a modern pattern I would prefer it to stay flat after washing. I, also, still want it to drap. Does anyone know what batting would give me this result?
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Hi Becky,
I wouldn't wash a quilt top either before quilting for your same reasons. I do wash quilt fabric before assembling if the quilt will be used on a bed, I don't wash quilt fabric if the quilt will be a wall hanging. I have washed batting in the washing machine and in a laundry tub. I dried the "Striped City" batting outside on a table in sun. The batting label has directions on washing.
Barb
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I just used wool batting for the first time. My background was white, like yours, and I found the yellow, off white of the batting tended to yellow my quilt just a tad. So, when I researched this phenomenon, I also learned that wool batting is not supposed to shrink as much as others do, because of all of the washing processes it had gone through, to get it to the batting stage. Wool batting is expensive, but a dream to quilt, and really shows off your quilting! Also, it doesn't wrinkle as much as others do. Great if you are shipping it off to a friend, or a show!
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Becky, I suggest you lay your quilt top over your batting, cut off some of the excess (what you won't be needing) and measure out (cut) an exact square of it, then wash that small square. Maybe like 12" square. Just be sure to measure it. Soak it good in cool water, put it into a very low temp dryer, or whatever temp you will be drying your quilt in the future, and see how it does, by measuring it again. (Sometimes a batting will shrink more one way than the other.) I hope to never have to wash my art quilt with the wool batting, but with cold water, a good squish between towels, and a tumble air dry, I have faith mine will not shrink a bit.
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Nice Modern Quilt! I'm thinking that an 80/20 low loft would work great. If you would like your quilting to show more, double layers of 80/20 would be even better, I would think. Your quilting thread density would matter also. So choosing a quilting pattern and deciding on a small, medium or large gauge for quilting density defines the scrunchiness also. Post a pic when you are finished, I bet it will be stunning!
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I'm with Dawn...I love wool, but others will also work. I do a lot of art quilts and wash most of them. I don't want mine to shrink pucker either. So I preshrink my fabric (if I haven't prewashed it, I can sometimes shrink before quilting by very lightly spritzing with water or starch and pressing dry without losing the crisp quilting), before I make it and steam my batting (holding the iron very slightly above the batting and giving it a lot of steam). Actually all the battings I've used stay nice and flat like this, even the 80/20 cotton/poly. I actually wash the quilt in cold water without drying it before I bind it and block it at that stage. Best wishes on this project.
"Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14
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October 9 still no photos — fyi
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We must be up to the same point of constructing the quilt because I have the same question. However looking closely at the...
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Here is the link to Alex’s Classroom. Scroll down to find the Kaffe Mystery Quilt:
https://thequiltshow.co... -
I will let the powers that be know about this, thanks.
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Yes, I was Live October 4. The link hasn’t been updated yet. Here is the video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zEO... -
No pictures of progress or finished quilts are appearing at all. Where the pictures should be, there are small boxes with...
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I'm looking for the tutorial program Alex taught using the Easy Block Tool. I never finished the quilt and would like to....
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I don’t see the facebook live video for month 10 posted on the website. I thought you were live yesterday.
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Submit a Ticket under HELP, below.
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