Description

Black Wadding.

When you use wadding in your fabric quilt it is not just a simple way to add weight or warmth to a quilt. Many other factors play a part in a quilter’s choice. Environmental factors may, and do play a part in a quilter’s choice. Size is another choice you as a quilter have. Do you go for 120″ wide or 90″ wide and some joining tape for a larger quilt or will you get 2 quilts out of a wadding that is 120” wide?

Colour and shades.

A further choice is the colour of your wadding. Colour I hear you say? Yes, if you choose the colour of your wadding then this can have a dramatic effect on the final quilt.

In general, we all use a wadding that looks off white/cream in colour but what if you had a choice?

If your quilt is made up of many different colours then the off white or cream wadding is fine and dandy. On the other hand, if you have a quilt that is made from very light white, cream, or bright colours that “pop” such as golden yellows then your quilt top will look better if you use a bleached white wadding. This is because it helps the quilt top to show the true colours to our eyes.

Black wadding.

Therefore, it stands to reason that if you have a quilt top made from predominantly dark colours such as blacks, purples, deep browns, and dark reds then you would be better off to use a black wadding. This, in the same vein, as the bleached white wadding “lifts” or “lightens” the light colours then a black wadding will deepen or darken the corresponding dark colours in your quilt top.

Sew Simple Black is a wadding for use in quilts with darker fabrics. It is an 80% cotton, 20% polyester mix. According to sew simple it maintains loft, needles wonderfully, and is colourfast. The approximate loft is 1/8″ with shrinkage of about 3%. The maximum distance between stitches is 4″ and it can be used for hand or machine quilting.