terriamn

My 84 year old Mom has a quilt I made with Hobbs 80/20 batting with pretty dense quilting. Mom says quilt is now to heavy for her. My sister has asked me to make her a new top then her church will tie it. Her friends have told her it's the quilting that makes it heavy. Do you think it's the quilting and tieing will make it lighter?

feline fanatic

The batting and the amount of piecing plays more into the quilt's weight than the quilting. All those seam allowances add a lot of weight. Poly or wool batting with a sparsely pieced top will be much lighter in weight. Tieing vs quilting will not make much difference in the weight of the quilt. Maybe a few ounces but no more.

Tartan

Polyester batt is lighter but quilting shouldn't effect the weight.

tapper

Maybe your Mom, due to age and being less agile, finds it awkward to handle the quilt.
I wouldn't think that quilting would add much weight.

117becca

i know a quilt i made w/ warm and natural as the batting is heavier than a quilt i used quilters dream request batting. all my quilts are more densely quilted.

nativetexan

well my husband complains everything is too heavy. He sleeps in his recliner with a blanket on. or two or three.

cjsews

My folks also complain that some quilts are too heavy. I think it comes with age. The poly batting would work better for them but they are already overloaded with quilts.

terriamn

Thanks everyone, I feel I am wasting my time making this top but it is a much bigger pattern, 12" Contrary wife, while her other one has tons of small pieces and I will make sure my sister uses a light weight batting

BonnieI

What was on the backing? I made one with that batting and fleece on the back. It was heavy but the person loved it.

cindi

You might think about the size of the quilt, too. A queen-sized quilt is going to be much heavier than a twin, which will be heavier than a lap size. And harder to fold up if they're using it on the couch. Maybe consider making her a smaller, lap-sized quilt that can be easily used and folded.