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Quilt Batting
Batting
Pinnacle Sewing Service provides a full line of batting. You may purchase batting for your own use, or for quilts that I quilt for you. Purchase from my brick and mortar store at 404 N. Main Street, Darby, Montana (right across from the post office!). Or, order your batting from my on line store! Don't know what batting to use? Here is a great quilt batting tutorial:
Tuscany Bleached Cotton Batting
Tuscany Bleached Cotton is made with fine 100% USA cotton. It's carded, and specially needle punched to prevent bunching/shifting and is completely washable. It will shrink 3-5% like all needle punched 100% cotton batting. It can be quilted up to 4" apart.
When should I use Cotton Batting?
Cotton batting is the most popular choice among serious quilters. It is soft, washable and can accept very detailed quilting stitches. It is the batting choice for quilts that will be entered in shows and competitions.
- Breathable, cook and comfortable to sleep under. Absords some moisture
- Drapes well, and keeps its shape after initial shrinkage
- Softens with age, washing a use
- Good for machine quilting - its clinging quality helps keep fabrics from shifting while you quilt and minimizes the change that your quilt will pucker
- Shrinks and wrinkles the first time you wash it, which makes it ideal when you are trying to achieve an antique, puckered look.
- Cost is $8.50/yd
Tusc
any Poly Batting
Tuscany Polyester made with the finest siliconized, very small denier polyester, and then resin bonded to resist bearding. We then use a unique technique that helps seal the outside and further prevent bearding. It is completely washable and may be quilted up to 4" apart. It should not shrink.
The batting is sold by the yard and is 96" wide. This is a wonderful batting and a good economical choice.
When should I use Polyester Batting?
- The loftiest of batting - it packs well and makes a lightweight, puffy, cozy quilt. This is the quilt the family will fight over who gets to snuggle under it!
- Machine washable and dryable. Springs back to shape no mater how many times it is washed
- Non allergenic
- Most economical choice at $6.50/yd.
Legacy Bamboo Batting
Legacy Bamboo Quilt Batting
50% Bamboo/50%Cotton: Bamboo adds softness to this cotton blend and is eco-friendly in every way. Bamboo breathes, is cool by nature and it has a unique anti- bacterial ability. Shrinkage 2/3%. Stitches up to 8-10in apart. Very light weight scrim binder.
The batting is sold by the yard and is 96" wide
When should I use Bamboo Batting?
- Bamboo is an extremely fast growing plant that needs no pesticides or fertilizers to grow, so it is much more environmentally friendly than cotton batting.
- Producing bamboo batting uses many fewer toxic chemicals than conventional cotton or polyester
- It has an extremely soft hand
- It is needlepunched so it has no glues or binders
- It is breathable and cool, like cotton
- Naturally antibacterial
- Machine washable.
- $10/yd
Hobbs 80/20 Quilt Batting
Hobbs 80/20 batting is probably the most popular battting Pinnacle Sewing Service sells. It quilts beautifully, up to 4" apart, has a minimum shrinkage of 1 -2 % and is very economical. The batting is sold by the yard and is 96" wide.
When should I use Hobbs 80/20 batting?
- It is somewhat loftier than 100% cotton batting
- It is more breatable than 100% polyester
- It shrinks less than cotton batting
- Combines the stability and eas of of handling polyester with the breathability of cotton
- Economical choice at $8.50.yd
Tuscany Silk Batting
TTuscany Silk bonded batting is made from imported silk filaments with the addition of 10% polyester. It is then carded and resin bonded to help retard bearding (fiber migration) and allowing the batting to be handled like a blanket. It can be quilted up to 4" apart and hand washed in tepid water and lay out to dry flat. It will likely shrink approximately 5%. Because of silk's natural ability to breath, it is an excellent choice for airy, light weight quilts and coverlets. The Tuscany Silk batting quilts magnificently by hand or machine and is a superb filling material for embroidery.
The batting is sold by the yard. It is 96" wide. This is the ultimate luxury in batting for your quilts. Once you try it, you won't want to go back to other battings.
When should I use silk batting?
- Lightweight, thin and supple, silk batting is favored by many quilters for making quilted garments.
- It is as warm as down, yet light wieght
- Excellent for hand quilting
- Supple and more drapable than any other batting
- Needs to be handled very carefully when washed
- $16.50/yd
Tuscany Wool Batting
Tuscany Wool batting is made with the very best super wash wool, which eliminates most or all of the shrinkage. It is then carded and resin bonded to help retard bearding. Tuscany wool batting provides superb insulation and the fiber breathes allowing excess heat to dispense away from the body. It can be quilted up to 4" apart and is washable. We recommend washing in tepid water by hand and laying out flat to dry. It hand quilts like a dream, and is wonderful for machine quilters as well.
The batting is sold by the yard and is 96" wide.
When should I use wool batting?
- Light, warm, lofty and resilient, wool regulates body temperature better than any other fiver
- It keeps you from getting too hot or too cold while sleeping
- More expensive
- It quilts like butter - it is hand quilter's number one choice
- Machine quilts extremely well
- Recovers better from being compressed better than any other fiber
- Keeps you warm even when wet. Wool can absorb a third of its own weight when you wash it without feeling damp.
- Naturally flame resistant - great choice for quilts for infants and children
- Can cause allergic reactions in some people
- Must be protected from moths
- Need very careful attention when washeing drying - will felt if agitated when you wash it.
- Never put a quilt with wool batting in the dryer - it will be ruined.
- $16.50/yd
