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Posted by Dee in Oz on July 9, 2008, 1:04 am
I have been away and am slowly trying to catch up with the posts...
I love wool batting and we don't live in a snow area...lol
None of my wool quilts have kept on shrinking/ felting, just a little on the
first wash.
To wash, I just throw mine in the machine and line dry.
I will never use poly batting again.
Wool will always be my first choice.
I am currently quilting DD queen size quilt using a wool silk batting which
I am happy with but so far I haven't tried washing it.
Dee in Oz
"Kate T." wrote in message
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>I am considering using wool batting in a quilt for my niece. She
> moved from Phoenix to Pittsburgh this summer.
> Was going to use W&N but now that she is in snow country I thought I'd
> use wool instead.
> I've read all the mfg's raves about their products but want info from
> "users" of wool batting.
> Will wool batting continue to shrink with washing, will it start
> felting.
> Will it wash nicely in her washing machine or will she have to send it
> to the cleaners.
> I finally got the top finished and don't want to mess up at this point
> in the quilt making.
> Kate T. South Mississippi
>
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Posted by Sherry on July 10, 2008, 11:04 pm
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> I am considering using wool batting in a quilt for my niece. =A0She
> moved from Phoenix to Pittsburgh this summer.
> Was going to use W&N but now that she is in snow country I thought I'd
> use wool instead.
> I've read all the mfg's raves about their products but want info from
> "users" of wool batting.
> Will wool batting continue to shrink with washing, will it start
> felting.
> Will it wash nicely in her washing machine or will she have to send it
> to the cleaners.
> I finally got the top finished and don't want to mess up at this point
> in the quilt making.
> Kate T. =A0South Mississippi
Kate, just my personal experience, but I made a couch-sized quilt,
handquilted
it with wool, I think it was Hobbs.
This quilt gets used *a lot*. Plus we have cats, so somebody is always
on it. It gets washed a lot. I just machine wash it on delicate, and
dry it ouside. It honestly
looks just as nice as it did the first time I washed it. Absolutely no
felting, no shrinking. It comes out nice and puffy every time.
I just adore wool batting. I like the pretty loft and the way it
defines the quiltingI don't think it's that hot, because it's light.
It hand quilts
like a dream, too.
Sherry
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> moved from Phoenix to Pittsburgh this summer.
> Was going to use W&N but now that she is in snow country I thought I'd
> use wool instead.
> I've read all the mfg's raves about their products but want info from
> "users" of wool batting.
> Will wool batting continue to shrink with washing, will it start
> felting.
> Will it wash nicely in her washing machine or will she have to send it
> to the cleaners.
> I finally got the top finished and don't want to mess up at this point
> in the quilt making.
> Kate T. South Mississippi
>