just recently this flimsy got basted with a wool batt. i've never used a wool batt before, but i've heard good review and i like the idea of natural fibers. during last weekend's bitter cold snap, i actually pulled it out and put it on the bed, with the DWR on top. the DWR has a cotton batt and has more weight to it than the wool. i have to say the 2 quilts kept me more than toasty, more so than the cotton batt quilt and the poly batt quilt. and where it was zero degrees here yesterday morning, today it was 29 degrees, so i put the pinwheel quilt back on the shelf. it'll be the next big quilt that gets hand quilted. ***** the center diamond quilt with the cotton/wool batt is coming along. one more inside border to quilt and then i can start the final outside border. i also want to finish the feathered star top and get it off the design wall to make room for "fat tuesday on orca bay," for which i've nearly finished all the parts. TTFN.....
Grace, I admire your consistency. You just keep busy with projects all the time and are always moving forward.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious to know if the cotton/wool batting has been hard to needle? The only couple of times I have worked on cotton battings have been on other people's quilts and I found it much tougher to get a consistently small stitch than on a poly batting. Does the addition of wool make it easier? I've usually only hand quilted on poly.
I love that quilt, Grace! So cool and colorful! :o)
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