eco-friendly quilt batting batting
Have you ever tried bamboo fabric or yarn? It’s becoming more available lately, and I just found out about a new use for it:
Fairfield (the company that makes Poly-fil) is now producing a bamboo and organic cotton batting. Bamboo is a great enviromentally-friendly fiber - and it’s lovely to work with. It can grow as much as one yard per day and doesn’t require as many pesticides as cotton does, or the use of petrochemicals - like polyester batting does.
I haven’t personally had a chance to use the bamboo batting, but I’ve heard from several textile artists who are very happy with the way it handles. There’s even a gallery of fiber art made with the batting!
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4 opinions for eco-friendly quilt batting batting
Noreen Crone-Findlay
Jan 23, 2008 at 9:37 am
good news indeed!
Arizona
Jan 26, 2008 at 1:22 am
Awesome! Thanks for this info. I love to quilt and will definitely try the bamboo batting.
Have tried it.
Feb 22, 2008 at 9:34 am
I have tried this batting twice. It is really nice to machine quilt on. It feels just like cotton. I just finished a quilt and used the quilt on the couch. It it warm, soft and nice. Will definitely use this batting.
Susan
Jun 15, 2008 at 7:20 am
I would love to try the bamboo batting, but haven’t found it yet. A friend told our qult group it was softer than any of the cotton batting she had used for her machine quilting. My question is, where is the bamboo coming from, I thought our beautiful Pandas had a shortage of arrow bamboo?
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