Quilters Dream Natural 80/20 Batting is the other premium 80/20 — Quilters Dream's unbleached cotton/poly blend, the silky-fibered alternative that shares shelf space with Hobbs Heirloom in serious studios.
Product Details
- Fiber: 80% cotton / 20% polyester — natural unbleached; Quilters Dream's notably fine, soft fiber
- Formats: Packages Crib through Olympic King, plus queen production rolls
- Quilting distance: Within 8" — double the Hobbs 80/20 allowance
- Shrinkage: 3–5% first wash — the standard blend crinkle
- Best for: Hand quilters, open-design longarm work, warm-palette and reproduction quilts
Frequently Asked Questions
- Quilters Dream or Hobbs 80/20 — the perennial question?
- Two legitimate premiums, split on feel and spacing: QD's finer fiber needles silkier (hand quilters often prefer it) and carries an 8" quilting allowance versus Hobbs' 4". Hobbs owns ubiquity and price familiarity. Studios stock both and let the project decide.
- What does the 8" distance unlock?
- Open modern designs on a cotton-blend — spacing usually reserved for poly or Warm & Natural, here with blend hand and crinkle intact.
- Why do hand quilters name-check Quilters Dream?
- Fiber fineness — the needle passage is measurably lighter, which compounds across the thousands of stitches in a hand-quilted top.
- Natural or a bleached option?
- The universal rule — this natural cream under warm, traditional, and mid-value tops; a white batting under whites and brights.
- The QD family map at Linda's?
- This 80/20, the Select rolls (Natural 80/20, Bamboo, Cotton, Poly), Request cotton, Wool, and Bamboo packages — a full parallel line to the Hobbs wall.
