Hobbs Tuscany Cotton Wool 96" Batting Roll is the premium blend roll — cotton's breathability fused with wool's warmth, drape, and needle-ease, at production width for heirloom-tier work.
Product Details
- Fiber: Premium Tuscany-tier cotton-wool blend — each fiber covering the other's weakness
- Format: 96" wide roll — ~3 yards per queen; check listing for roll yardage
- Quilting distance: Within 4"
- Care: Gentle/cool wash, very low tumble or flat dry — moderate cotton-side shrinkage
- Best for: Heirloom and special-occasion quilts, hand-finished commissions, premium year-round bed quilts
Frequently Asked Questions
- What does the blend achieve that neither fiber does alone?
- Wool alone is maximally warm and lofty but unfamiliar in hand; cotton alone breathes and crinkles but lies flat and needles heavier. Together: wool's drape and glide with cotton's breath and familiar body — the signature of premium blended batting.
- Cotton Wool roll or pure Tuscany Wool?
- Climate and care: pure wool for maximum warmth and loft; the blend for year-round bed use and slightly friendlier laundering. Show lofts go pure; living-on-the-bed heirlooms go blend.
- Why do hand quilters like the blend?
- The wool content carries the needle — stitch passage runs close to pure wool's famous ease while the cotton keeps the sandwich familiar under the frame hand.
- Roll versus the Cotton Wool packages?
- The usual volume rule — packages for occasional premium commissions, this roll for studios where cotton-wool is a standing menu tier.
- Thread over the warm blend tone?
- Warm neutrals — Cream, Linen, Bone Glide — the standard companions for natural-toned premium batting.
