First I prefer to use batting in my bags, not only because I quilt my bags and batting is a necessary component, but because I like the little extra it gives the bag and keeps it from being to flimsy a bag. I usually dont like just a plain  cotton sack for a bag. I prefer the bag to keep its shape and well batting is something I usually have on hand.

It’s fairly reasonable, you can always get it on sale at Joanns. So you get a yard and it is 110 inches wide for about 6 bucks. I can make a lot of bags with that. And I just love to add stitching/quilting for interest and texture.

I tried making a bag with a thicker batting and unless you are going for the poof it has it was much more difficult to work with in the bag. So I prefer to stick with Warm and Natural batting. And I found recently that there is a difference between the Warm and White and the Warm and natural. The Warm and White seems to be thinner, and have slightly less body than the Warm and Natural. That must be something that happens in the bleaching process. So I stick with the Warm and Natural.

Sometimes it’s hard to know what kind of batting to use for what project and  there is a nice article on the Sew Mama Sew Blog  that will give you some info on the different kinds of batting there are.

And if you still would like some more depth on the issue of batting you can head on over to Quilts.com  where there is even more information on battings. Scroll on down the list to find a good deal of information from varying sources and personal experience and knowledge.

I guess it all depends on what project you are working on, what look you want and what you like to work with and why.