It sort of does scream industrial production but I was rather tired of running out of wadding all the time and although buying a 30 yard roll is expensive in one go, it is a lot more cost effective on the whole.
Still I kind of think I reached another level here..............oh dear. If anyone is as mad (or desperate) as I am you can buy rolls of wadding at Creative grid. This here is Hobbs Heirloom 96 inches, 30 yards, 100 % cotton with scrim. It feels great. I was a little apprehensive at first as I normally use Quilters' Dream but the Hobbs feels just as good.
Now to the normal part of the weekly Stash Note. This here is of course 'Hope Valley' from Denyse Schmidt. I bought it online at Fabricworm a couple of weeks ago. This is such a fantastic collection and I think is my favourite for a grown-up quilt. This will become a quilt one day for me. I just haven't found the perfect pattern yet.
We have a long weekend here in the UK and mine actually started already yesterday as I took the day off.
Happy sewing everybody. Will be back tomorrow with a finished quilt.
LOL Okay ... I think we may well have stepped into another stratosphere, let alone level! What joy though ... don't you just want to roll around on it (not wearing black tho!)
ReplyDeleteI'm a latecomer to Hope Valley, but I think I need to do the same as you ... :)
I also buy by the roll...and from creative grids (they are almost as reasonably priced as buying wholesale actually).
ReplyDeleteI think that roll needs it's own bedroom!
ReplyDeleteOh my word! Talk about batting! I wouldn't have anywhere to keep it in my little house... unless it shared my bed!
ReplyDeleteWell I'm all for saving the pennies ;-) I'm with Sarah tho, how will you be able to resist playing with it?! Looks bouncy... :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link - I didn't know there was anywhere in the UK that made batting by the roll easy to get.
ReplyDeletewow where do you store this? I have just spend a lot stocking up on wadding - but use different wadding so it would be difficult to make a choice. Lovely fabric - good luck with your pattern hunting!
ReplyDeleteYou're absolutely right about buying wadding like - it's just 'gulp' so much money in the beginning it feels almost immoral. If I buy little and often that doesn't seem to feel so bad. Illogical logic?!
ReplyDeleteNice work! I actually almost did the same thing with the great holiday JoAnn's sale, until I found out the roll was 30 yards! I definitely didn't need that much, considering I only make 4 or 5 quilts a year. So I stuck with a modest 10 yards. :)
ReplyDeleteFor your readers in the US Joanne's will sell by the bolt as well as Hancocks of Paducah. Both are great resources.
ReplyDeleteWell you shouldn't run out for a while!
ReplyDeleteThis is really helpful - I've been trying to source bulk-buy wadding and this is quite reasonably priced too. Good recommendation. Jxo
ReplyDeleteA fabric chain store local to my town regularly does 'buy 2 metres and get a 3rd free' offers, so last time I took the plunge and ordered a 30m roll of wadding, it felt great to only have to pay for 20 of those metres! It's been fabulous to have all that wadding on hand.
ReplyDeleteIn the USA, I know several quilters that buy batting by the bolt. They usually wait for either a sale or use a coupon for Joanns for 40-50% off. I split what was left of a bolt with my neighbor last year. She's bought more, while most if mine is still sitting in my basement. Have fun quilting!
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