Cotton Waddings for patchwork and quilting. The Waddings in our Cotton Wadding section are where the main material used is cotton but there may be some other material used such as a polyester scrim. So for example the wadding may be 80% cotton and 20% polyester.

What is the difference between wadding and batting?

Wadding and batting are the same thing – the only real difference is regional language difference. The term wadding is more widely used in the UK while it’s more-often called batting in the US.

How do you use wadding?

You can join wadding if your piece isn’t large enough – push together the edges and stitch with a big zigzag on your sewing machine or by hand. Alternatively, you could use a fusible tape to hold the pieces together as they will be permanently in place once quilted.