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Re: High loft batting 28 May 2013 10:26 #104258

suehenyon OFFLINE Posts: 1796 Thank you received: 51	Depending on how much quilting you do, most of the puffiness will disappear in the "shadow" quilting, while the "sunshine" portions stand up beautifully (sunshine & shadow being Cindy Neeham's coined phrases in quilting). It's my favorite.
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Re: High loft batting 28 May 2013 10:12 #104257

gynconnie OFFLINE Posts: 730 Thank you received: 27	Random batting question here...can you split wool batting the way you can with some cotton battings? I have a package of Hobbs wool batting and it seems VERY puffy.
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Re: High loft batting 28 May 2013 08:23 #104253

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MarnieHouston wrote:

Sorry Betty,
I'm new to this and never thought about your competition. Can understand hesitance. I was going to post my quilt in question here. Would love to enter a quilt in competition one day. But mine are not perfect yet!

Please, apologies are not needed!!! I must say that beauty, interest, impact, rather than perfection is what we all strive for. I have seen only a small handful of nearly perfect quilts at the shows over all the years I've gone. You learn so much by entering a competition about where you need to work, where your work is really good, and it's just plain fun.

"Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14

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Re: High loft batting 28 May 2013 04:24 #104241

PosyP OFFLINE Posts: 4106 Thank you received: 361	And hope that Ricky is one of the judges - he like to see the little imperfections, because they add interest
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Re: High loft batting 27 May 2013 22:44 #104230

suehenyon OFFLINE Posts: 1796 Thank you received: 51	MarnieHouston wrote: Sorry Betty, Would love to enter a quilt in competition one day. But mine are not perfect yet! Ha! So are 3/4 of the quilts in lots of competitions...NoT perfect! Is there such a thing? Beautiful anyway, go ahead and enter! It's a lesson in insanity
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Re: High loft batting 27 May 2013 22:01 #104228

MarnieHouston OFFLINE Posts: 5	Sorry Betty, I,m new to this and never thought about your competition. Can understand hesitance. I was going to post my quilt in question here. Would love to enter a quilt in competition one day. But mine are not perfect yet!
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Re: High loft batting 27 May 2013 21:54 #104227

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MarnieHouston wrote:

Can you post a pic of your top here?
Still learning how to usethisforum.

Marnie,

Thanks for the interest, but I think maybe I won't just yet. If you're interested in seeing something of this however, you can look at the past two blogs I posted on my personal blog : http://blog.bjfabricartist.com/ that will give you some idea. I have only recently begun holding back the full pictures of completed tops and quilts that I plan to enter into contests. Nevertheless, I will post pics later on. This is a cool forum isn't it?

"Neglect not the gift that is within you..." -1 Timothy 4:14

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Re: High loft batting 27 May 2013 21:53 #104226

Margo OFFLINE Posts: 6522 Thank you received: 129	MarnieHouston wrote: Can you post a pic of your top here? Still learning how to usethisforum. Welcome to the forum Marnie! You will find some helpful tips for using the forum here: [url]forum/forum-questions-and-suggestions/4275-tips-for-using-the-tqs-forum[/url]
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Re: High loft batting 27 May 2013 21:42 #104225

MarnieHouston OFFLINE Posts: 5	Can you post a pic of your top here? Still learning how to usethisforum.
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Re: High loft batting 27 May 2013 10:24 #104162

Sewdreamy OFFLINE Posts: 2009 Thank you received: 160	I love this site. It always seems someone is asking just the right questions and getting just the right answers just when I need them. I am going to use a combination of wool batting on my Hoffman Challenge this year, and here I have all my questions answered about preparing the batting just as I am drawing to a finish the work on the top. Thanks everyone!
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Re: High loft batting 27 May 2013 09:40 #104157

twiglet OFFLINE Posts: 3849 Thank you received: 546	I use both of those, must read the packet
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Re: High loft batting 27 May 2013 08:18 #104152

heartnsoulquilts OFFLINE Posts: 599 Thank you received: 2	Wendy, the Wool battings sold in the US by the two major brands, Quilters Dream and Hobbs, are preshrunk. No need to prewash!
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Re: High loft batting 27 May 2013 04:32 #104146

PosyP OFFLINE Posts: 4106 Thank you received: 361	You would need to be careful not to end up with felt.
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Re: High loft batting 27 May 2013 00:43 #104139

twiglet OFFLINE Posts: 3849 Thank you received: 546	Why would you not wash the wool batting Marilyn it would be sure to shrink?
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