Quilters Dream N6 Cotton Deluxe Batting - Weighty Loft

Detailed Facts about Quilter’s Dream Cotton Deluxe N6 Quilting Batting

• Made from: 100% natural USA Grown cotton.

• Manufacturing Process: the cotton fibers are carded, cross-lapped, and needle-punched. This creates a strong and stable batting that resists shifting and lumping

• No Additives: Quilter’s Dream Natural N6 Cotton Batting contains no scrim, resin, or glue.

• Loft: N6 is a medium loft, providing a nice weight and warmth without being too bulkly.

• Warmth: It has a high thermal value (R=3.8), making it warm in the winter while still being breathable.

• Mositure Wicking: The cotton fibers wick away mositure, helping to keep you cool in the summer.

• Quilting Distance: You can quilt up to 8” apart, giving you flexibility in your quilting design.

• Ease of Use: Needles glide smoothly throught the batting, making it easy to hand or machine quilt.

• Care: Machine wash cold and tunmble dry low.

• Eco-Friendly: It’s an environmentally friendly choice, made with natural and sustainable materials.

The Quilter's Dream Cotton Deluxe Batting is a high-quality natural cotton batting that's perfect for a variety of quilting projects.

Its thickness and weight make it ideal for projects where you want the quilting to be a prominent design element. Here's a project idea that would be a great match for this batting:  

Project Idea: A quilted wall hanging featuring a bold, graphic design.

Why this batting is a good choice:

• Thickness and loft: The "Deluxe" weight provides a nice thickness that will make your quilting stitches stand out. It will give your wall hanging a lovely texture and dimension.  

• Needle-punched for durability: This batting is strong enough to handle dense quilting without tearing or shifting. You can confidently quilt intricate designs or use a smaller stitch length.  

• No pre-washing needed: This saves you time and effort in the preparation stage.

• 100% natural cotton: This makes the finished project breathable and soft, perfect for displaying in your home.  

Design suggestions for the wall hanging:

• Modern geometric patterns: The clean lines and bold shapes of modern quilting would pair beautifully with the texture of the batting.

• Large-scale floral motifs: Imagine a stylized flower with heavily quilted petals, creating a dramatic focal point.

• Abstract designs: Play with organic shapes and free-motion quilting to create a one-of-a-kind piece of art.

Additional tips:

• Choose a quilting thread that contrasts with your fabric: This will further emphasize the quilting design.

• Consider using a walking foot: This will help prevent the fabric from bunching up as you quilt.

• Hang your finished quilt with a sleeve or tabs: This will help distribute the weight evenly and prevent stress on the fabric.  

This combination of a bold design and high-quality batting will result in a stunning wall hanging that you'll be proud to display.

To Learn more read below - this is from the maufacturer’s website.  

Quilters Dream Cotton Batting is 100% cotton batting!

We start with the finest quality long staple USA cotton.   Our cotton fibers are mechanically cleaned (no chemicals) and then specially carded, crosslapped and needle punched for unmatched consistency and strength.  We do not use scrim, resin or glue – just 100% pure natural cotton.  Because we use such a high grade of cotton and have a unique multi-step processing, Quilters Dream Cotton Batting is strong yet exceptionally soft.  

Quilters Dream Cotton Features:

• So strong that you can quilt as closely as you would like or as far as 8″ apart – giving you great freedom of quilting design. 

• Our special manufacturing process prevents shifting and lumping.  

• Dream Cotton has a very high thermal value (R=3.8) and is warm in the winter, yet wicks moisture away from the body to keep you cool in the summer.

• With 100% natural environmentally friendly cotton, Dream Cotton Batting proudly bears Cotton Incorporated’s black seal.

• Because there are no scrims, glues, resins or binders, not only does Dream Cotton retain a beautiful drape, but your hand and machine needles will glide smoothly through this fine, consistent cotton batting.

• Your finished quilt may be machine washed and dried. 

• Prewashing is not recommended as Dream Cottons is exceptionally free of cotton seed remnants and shrinkage is minimal. 

Quilters Dream Cotton Lofts:  Available in four lofts for all your quilting needs

• Request Loft:  Low loft. Request is a lightweight and consistent loft developed especially for hand quilters and is ideal for fine micro-stitching.  Request is also lovely to use on your domestic sewing machine. Can be used on the longarm when floating the top. Excellent for light-weight summer quilts, baby quilts, wearables and all hand quilted projects. Very popular for table runners and place-mats.  

• Select Loft:  Mid loft. Our most popular loft – versatile for both hand and machine quilting with a soft lovely drape. The perfect mid-weight batting for most quilting projects, quilts and wearables.  Available in both Natural and White Cotton.

• Deluxe:  Weighty loft. Provides added warmth and weight offering extra emphasis for your quilting design. Great for machine quilting weighty quilts, wall hangings, bags, craft projects and much more. Available in Natural Cotton.

• Supreme:  Highest loft. A hefty, very warm, and dense batting that has 1/2 pound of cotton per square yard! Great for machine quilting special projects that require extra thickness, weight, and volume. Excellent for very weighty quilts, crafts, wall hangings.

Quilters Dream Cotton Sizes:  Dream Cotton is available in precut packaged sizes from craft to king size, on bolt board 60″ wide x 15 yards,  and on rolls 18″,  46″, 93″ and 120″ wide x 30 yards.

Batting is sold by the yard!