Little-Known Thing #14: Insulated Metallic Batting Is NOT Microwave Safe — Here's Why
Today you'll learn why that shiny insulated batting in your stash — the one that keeps lunch cold and casserole dishes warm — s...
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Batting is the layer nobody sees and everybody feels. Corey and the team at Linda's Electric Quilters work through our entire batting and interfacing wall — cotton, 80/20, wool, polyester, bamboo, fusible and stabilizers — with real prices, side-by-side comparisons, and a straight answer on which one belongs in your next quilt.
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Little-Known Thing #13: Microwave Projects Need 100% Cotton, No Scrim, No Exceptions
Today you'll learn why a bowl cozy or potato bag that goes in the microwave has one batting rule with no wiggle room at all. He...
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Little-Known Thing #12: 'Featherweight' Is Not a Unit of Measurement — Judge Interfacing by Hand, Not by Name
Today you'll learn why "featherweight" on an interfacing bolt does not tell you how stiff, soft, or heavy that interfacing real...
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Little-Known Thing #11: Prewashing Batting Helps Sometimes — and Wrecks It Other Times
Today you'll learn when prewashing your batting helps your quilt, and when that same soak can quietly wreck it. Here we go.
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Little-Known Thing #10: Loft Is Measured Uncompressed — Why Your Puffy Quilt Goes Flat in Storage
Today you'll learn why the loft on the package is not the loft you get in the finished quilt. Here we go.
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Little-Known Thing #9: A T-Shirt Quilt Is a Two-Layer System — Fusible Stops the Stretch, Batting Saves the Drape
Today you'll learn why a t-shirt quilt needs two layers doing two different jobs. Here we go.
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Little-Known Thing #8: Black Batting Exists for a Reason — Dark Tops Need Dark Batting
Today you'll learn why a dark quilt can look washed out before you ever wash it. Here we go.
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Little-Known Thing #7: The Wrong Fusible Can Kill the Stretch You Bought Your Knit For
Today you'll learn why the stretchy fabric you loved in the store can come off your ironing board stiff as a board. Here we go.
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Little-Known Thing #6: Never Overlap Batting Scraps — Join Them Flat Instead
Today you'll learn how to join two batting scraps into one flat piece — without a ridge hiding in your quilt. Here we go.
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Little-Known Thing #5: Scrim Is the Invisible Net Inside Your Batting — Here's How to Spot It
Today you'll learn about the invisible net hiding inside some battings — and why it changes how you quilt. Here we go.
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Little-Known Thing #4: Cotton Batting Shrinks for That Crinkle — Polyester Barely Moves
Today you'll learn why two quilts can wash completely differently — just because of the fiber inside. Here we go.
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Little-Known Thing #3: Fusible Interfacing Shrinks — Sometimes After You've Cut
Today you'll learn why a perfectly cut piece can come out a little too small — after you fuse it. Here we go.
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