Hobbs Poly 16oz 96" Wide Batting Roll is the heaviest Hobbs polyester — maximum loft, maximum warmth, cloud-thick dimension — the specialty roll for quilts where puffiness is the brief.
Product Details
- Fiber: 100% polyester, 16oz per square yard — the top of the Hobbs loft range; hypoallergenic
- Format: 96" wide roll — queen coverage; go wider for kings
- Quilting distance: Up to 8" — and open designs are strongly preferred at this loft
- Care: Machine wash gentle, tumble low — loft recovers every cycle
- Handling note: The bulk demands deliberate loading and even tension across the roll width
Frequently Asked Questions
- Who actually orders 16oz?
- Clients chasing the comforter look — deeply puffy, cold-climate, sink-into-it quilts. It's a request-driven batting: studios stock it when "as thick as possible" comes up more than occasionally.
- What does the loft demand from the quilting design?
- Restraint — dense stitching compresses the puff away and fights the frame the whole time. Wide-open pantographs and big custom motifs let the 16oz do what it was bought for.
- 16oz or Cloudloft for maximum puff?
- Same territory by different routes — Cloudloft is the branded premium high-loft; 16oz gets there on sheer fiber weight in roll economics. Compare actual loft heights on the listings for the specific job.
- Frame realities at this thickness?
- Slower loading, more take-up per advance, and closer attention to even tension — budget extra minutes per quilt and the results justify them.
- Top-fabric caution?
- Tight weaves only — the heavy fiber content will find its way through loose weaves as bearding; quality quilting cotton on top is the insurance.
