Hand quilting batts offer you the benefits of a natural fiber: “breathability”, moisture absorption, soft hand that quilts like “butter”. We reserve the right to add long fiber to your wool to retain structural quality necessary for such a thin batt.

Some breeds of sheep produce wool that “beards” through the fabric unless it is needle-punched or covered in down-proof ticking. I have found that very fine wools like Merino and coarse wools like Lincoln or Border Leister will beard if using the normal high quality quilting fabrics. So those of you out there that are shepherds and hand quilters and want to use your own wool make note of this fact. Actually the wool from the “meat” breeds make some of the best batting: Hampshire, Suffolk, Shropshire.