quiltingnanny Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 I have a package of warm & natural. Don't use this often. Which side is up ? The waffle side or the fluffy side? I read past posts but both sides are kinda 'dirty'. It came out of the package with waffle side down. Help. Glenda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyA Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 the flecked side goes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethDurand Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 There is a scrim on the "wrong" side. You want that towards your backing so that when the needle goes through, it helps to catch the batt and makes it less likely to beard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltingnanny Posted January 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Thanks, I just don't like to vary from my usual because I get these questions. The web site wasn't too helpful either. Glenda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 I don't use that batting but I've heard that it is dimples up. The dimples are the needle punches created from making the batting. I would do the needle test, take a big corsage pin and poke through each side. Whichever goes through easier would be the right side to have up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherryRogers Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 A super easy way to know the right side of the batting is to think about it this way, the right sides are usually always folded together to keep them clean. This same theory also applies to muslin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltingnanny Posted January 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Ya know, that's the way I've told up and down. BUT, this was clean sides in. Hmmm, that meant dirty side down. that is what threw me. Thanks for replies. Glenda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dixieqwv Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 I emailed and ask them last year. I was told the smooth side goes on the bottom. I've been doing just that and haven't had any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltingnanny Posted January 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 But, on thier website they say if you have a white top to flip. That's what is so confusing. Well, it's on the machine and I'm fixing to start quilting. White side up. Everyone needs to say a little prayer for me because I am SO tired of frogging. A long story on that. Glenda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Originally posted by quiltingnanny Which side is up ? I have asked myself this question many times...not about batting...just life in genral....Which end is up?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Mary Beth...that's too philosophical for so early in the morning. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnCavanaugh Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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