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Hi Gang,

With any needle-punched batting, you want the longarm needle to penetrate the batting the same direction that it was needle-punched at the processing plant. This will help avoid tension issues and the occasional pop of batting to the back of the quilt.

For Warm and Natural, dirty side is "up". For other products, hold the batting perpendicular to the floor, under an overhead light source (similar to what you'd do to take a good photo of your quilting.) You'll see a side with dimples or indentations (right side) and the other side will have more slubs or "pills" similar to a worn sweater or sweatshirt. Place the "pilly" side down.

Not all batting is needle punched (several polyesters are sealed with resin or heat to reduce fiber migration), but many are, even some polyesters.

Sometimes you can also tell "right side" from "wrong side" by taking a pin and inserting it into the batting from each direction. You'll find it often enters the batting easier from one direction--the right side.

So many products are on the market today it's no wonder we all don't know which end is "up"--even in life as Mary Beth suggests!

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