Hobbs Bleached Heirloom Wide Batting Roll 100% Cotton with Scrim 96"

Hobbs Bleached Heirloom Wide Batting Roll — 100% Cotton with Scrim, 96" is bright-white pure cotton made longarm-practical — scrim-stabilized against frame tension, in roll format for light-quilt production.

Product Details

• Fiber: 100% bleached cotton with needle-punched scrim stabilizer
• Color: Bright white — no cream shadow under white and light tops
• Format: 96" wide roll — queen coverage with leader overhang
• Quilting distance: Within 4" — wider than unscrimmed cotton allows
• Shrinkage: 3–5% first wash — full cotton crinkle
• Best under: White-on-white quilts, light moderns, bright holiday tops

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the scrim change for longarm use?

Everything practical — unscrimmed cotton tears under frame tension and demands 2" quilting; the scrim layer resists tearing, loads cleanly, and stretches the legal distance to 4". It's what makes pure cotton a production roll instead of a specialty package.

Bleached cotton-scrim or bleached 80/20 — the roll decision?

Hand and crinkle versus loft stability: pure cotton gives the softest drape and fullest antique crinkle; 80/20 holds loft through years of washing. Traditional-leaning studios roll this; mixed-work studios roll the blend.

Why does white batting matter under white tops?

Cream batting under a white top reads as a faint warm haze in daylight — on white-on-white work, where the whole design is tone, that haze is the difference between luminous and dingy.

What completes the bright sandwich?

White backing plus 10000 White Glide or 401 Snow So Fine! top and bobbin — bright at every layer.

Does the scrim stiffen the quilt?

Barely — the layer is feather-thin, and after first-wash crinkle the finished quilt reads as pure cotton to the hand.