Hobbs Heirloom Black Batting 80/20 108" Wide Batting Roll is the dark-quilt batting at studio scale — true black Heirloom 80/20 in a 108" roll for queen and king dark-quilt production with no piecing and no light-fiber shadow.
Product Details
- Fiber: 80/20 cotton-poly Heirloom, needle-punched — identical construction to all Heirloom colorways
- Color: True black — processed to minimize dye transfer
- Format: 108" wide roll — queen and king coverage without piecing; check listing for roll yardage
- Quilting distance: Within 4"
- Shrinkage: 3–5% first wash
Frequently Asked Questions
- Roll or packages for black batting?
- Volume decides — one dark quilt a quarter, buy the package; dark quilts monthly, the roll wins on cost-per-quilt and eliminates the special-order wait when a Halloween or masculine job lands.
- What problem does black batting solve, exactly?
- Two: light batting hazing through dark tops in bright light, and light fibers bearding through the weave as white specks over years. Black at the batting layer eliminates both permanently.
- The complete dark-quilt system?
- This roll + dark backing + Smoke or Black Glide on top + 11001 Black Magna-Glide bobbins — dark at every layer of the sandwich, no exceptions to shadow through.
- Any handling difference from natural rolls?
- None — loads on leaders and feeds identically; only the color changes. First wash of finished quilts in cool water is the standard dark-textile precaution.
- Demand pattern worth planning for?
- Steady year-round on masculine and jewel-tone work with a hard October spike — studios reorder the roll in late summer.
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