A Princess and Fairy Quilt For My Niece!

Our 7-year-old niece wanted a princess or Barbie bedspread for her birthday.  We couldn't find any Barbie fabric locally, so Millie and I picked out Disney princesses and fairies.

One side is princesses and one side is fairies.  We chose different colors for each side so she could flip it over and have a whole new look ... giving her the option of changing her mind!!

It is a very simple quilt with a strip of solid fabric bordering the prints down the middle. I chose a high-loft polyester batting for her quilt so it would be thick and cozy.  This is the first time I have used a high-loft batting with Mrs.Singer {aside from a disastrous attempt at using fusible polyester batting}.  She did just fine!  I will definitely be using high-loft batting again, although I would like to find a cotton version since it is a natural fiber.  Is there such a thing as cotton high-loft batting? I researched using polyester batting with cotton fabrics and whether or not I needed to preshrink the fabric since the fabric would shrink and the polyester batting would not, but I could not find an answer.  I prewashed the fabric, and I do believe this was the best choice.  I will not wash the quilt before I give it to my niece, so I cannot show you what it looks like after washing.  Since all of the shrinking is done, I can't imagine there will be problems, but there might be if I hadn't prewashed the fabric.   If you have some experience using polyester batting in your quilting, would you chime in here and share what you know with me ... please?!?

Quilt Stats:

• Pattern:  Solid strips on three sides of a focus fabric.
• Size:  Bunkbed twin, a tad smaller than a traditional twin so there isn't so much overhang.
• Fabric:  Disney princesses and fairies, solids; all from JoAnn Fabric.
• Batting:  High-loft polyester batting.
• Quilting:  All over meandering in white polyester thread on Mrs. Singer, my vintage 1896 31-15 mounted on a long-arm quilting frame {yes, she is electric!}
• Binding:  Double layer solid yellow, attached with mitered corners and attached by machine for durability {important for a kid!}
• Value:  Fit for a princess!!