Lori Holt Heat Resistant Batting
Lori Holt Heat Resistant Batting is a specialty thermal batting created to support Lori Holt's popular kitchen and home accessory projects — hot pads, oven mitts, casserole caddies, and other warm-use quilted items that appear throughout her Bee in My Bonnet patterns and books. Heat-resistant construction provides protection from oven and stovetop heat without the bulk of traditional batting layers. For quilters working through Lori Holt's extensive pattern library, this is the recommended batting for her kitchen and home accessory designs. It sits in the same thermal category as Insul-Bright, and pairs naturally with a cotton layer like Warm & Natural in hot pad construction. For microwave-specific projects, use Wrap-N-Zap instead.
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes Lori Holt Heat Resistant Batting different from regular batting?
It is engineered as a thermal barrier rather than a warmth layer — the construction resists heat transfer from hot pans and bakeware so a single layer delivers the protection that would otherwise take multiple layers of standard cotton batting, keeping hot pads and mitts trim enough to match Lori Holt's pattern dimensions.
Can I use it in any hot pad pattern, or only Lori Holt designs?
Any pattern. It was designed alongside Lori Holt's Bee in My Bonnet kitchen projects, but it works exactly like other heat-resistant battings — cut it to your pattern pieces, layer it with your fabric and an optional cotton batting layer, and quilt through it on any machine. It's a drop-in substitute wherever a pattern calls for insulated or heat-resistant batting.
Is Lori Holt Heat Resistant Batting microwave safe?
Treat it as stovetop-and-oven protection only, not for microwave use. Heat-resistant battings in this category rely on synthetic or reflective components that don't belong in a microwave. For bowl cozies, potato bags, and anything that heats in the microwave, use a certified 100% cotton microwave batting such as Pellon Wrap-N-Zap.
