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Wadding

Quilt Wadding (Batting)
Our quilt wadding selection is the largest in the UK. Wadding is crucial to patchwork and quilting forming the internal layer of the quilt sandwich. The decision to use a particular quilt wadding comes down to personal choice. Some quilters prefer cotton, bamboo or wool waddings to sew with because they are natural products, but they will shrink slightly (which may be the desired effect). Polyester wadding will not shrink and is suited to projects that are washed regularly. A mixed blend wadding can offer the benefits of both types in a reduced way.

With so many waddings to choose from try one of our wadding sample packs so you can experiment with different waddings, fabrics and threads.
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Wadding

Dream Puff Wadding from Quilters Dream

1 1/2 times warmer than down and nearly twice as warm as high loft polyester wadding with a loft of 3/8. A warm white wadding very light
and breathable with a uniform thickness of fine silky fibres. Will not shrink resists creases and folds and can be layered. Suitable for short and long arm machine quilting hand quilting and tying. Stitch up to 10 inches apart. Ideal wadding for quillow and trapunto work. Click here for Dream Puff Wadding.


Hobbs Heirloom Premium Wadding

Unbleached cotton (80%) combined with long staple polyester (20%). Lightly needle-punched and resinated wadding to make it easier to quilt by hand or machine. Quilt from 1/4 up to 3 1/2. Click here for Hobbs Heirloom Premium Wadding


Warm and Natural Wadding

100% cotton wadding needled onto a polymer base. Will not separate or beard. No need to presoak. Quilt up to 10 apart. Shrinkage is about 3% with the first washing. Click here for Warm and Natural Wadding.


Hobbs Polydown Wadding

Bonded wadding utilising slick/hollow fibres which makes it a washable wadding soft to the hand easy to quilt and the fibre migration is low. Click here for Hobbs Polydown Wadding.


Quilters Dream Cotton Wadding

This 100% cotton wadding is available in three weights Request (hand) Select (hand or machine) or Deluxe (machine). Some sizes are available in white as well as natural. Stitch up to 8 apart and there is no need to prewash. Click here for Quilters Dream Cotton Wadding.


Quilters Dream Poly Wadding

A special blend of microfibres which resists beading and is breathable. No need to prewash. The wadding has low shrinkage and is quick to dry. No resins glues or scrim. Stitch up to 8 apart. Click here for Quilters Dream Polyester Wadding.


Hobbs Thermore Wadding

Hobbs Thermore is a thin drapable wadding suitable for clothing or quilts. It is easy to quilt and does not beard. Click here for Hobbs Thermore Wadding.


Quilters Dream Green Wadding

Made from recycled plastic bottles in an ecofriendly process that reduces landfill. This green polyester fibre wadding is excellent for machine quilting and very good for hand quilting. Wrinkle resistant with minimal shrinkage. Click here for Quilters Dream Green Wadding.


Quilters Dream Blend Wadding

This wadding is made from 70% cotton and 30% polyester blended and needlepunched onto a light scrim base. There is minimal shrinkage with no need to prewash. Stitch up to 12 apart yet remains soft when closely quilter. Excellent for long and short arm quilting machines. Click here for Quilters Dream Blend Wadding.

Hobbs Heirloom Wool

Wool gives warmth and insulation without weight and yet disperses excess heat. This wool wadding has excellent loft retention. Washable and beautiful to hand quilt. Click here for Hobbs Heirloom Wool Wadding.

Quilters Dream Bamboo

This wadding is a luxurious blend of velvety bamboo luscious silk strong silky Tencel® and soft stable cotton. Dream Orient's natural
environmentally friendly fibers are carded crosslapped and finely needlepunched to bring you the most desirable qualities of softness
strength warmth and breathability. The elegant silky soft drape makes Dream Orient a batting beyond compare! Machine wash and dry with cool water/cool dryer shrinkage approximately 3%. You can stitch up to 8 apart. Click here for Quilters Dream Bamboo Wadding.

The widest selection of wadding in the UK including Hobbs, Quilters Dream ,Warm and Natural and Vlieseline in cotton, polyester and wool. Batting for quilts is what you will sometimes see on American patchwork quilt patterns and instructions and it is simply what we call wadding.
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