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Old 03-11-2013, 03:37 PM
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I am making a quilt for my 3 year old grandson's "big boy " bed. He lives in NC where it is much warmer than where I am in upstate NY. I usually use warm and natural batting but am afraid this will be too heavy and warm. Any suggestions? What do Southern quilters use? Thanks for any help.
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Old 03-11-2013, 03:41 PM
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I'm in Fl., and I use warm and natural batting for all my quilts. With air conditioning and opening windows in the fall, nobody has complained of the quilts being too warm for them.
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I use warm & natural and Hobbs heirloom 80/20. I live in Arizona with summer temps exceeding 110 degrees and I keep the house around 79 degrees with ceiling fans. I sleep under a quilt every night.
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I use Quilters Dream down here in FL.
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I live in Western NC...we have the best of both worlds...hot in the summers, cool to down-right cold in the winters. I use warm & natural 100 o/o cotton batting in all my quilts...we use quilts year round, and add more quilts as needed in the winter.
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Old 03-11-2013, 04:21 PM
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I have heard some say they use flannel as batting if they want a very light weight quilt.
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Old 03-11-2013, 04:31 PM
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When I lived in Ca, I used W&N, and now I am in AL and everyone here uses it as well. Sort of universal, it isn't a heavy material...quilted less dense makes a lighter quilt as well.
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I still love Warm & White or Warm & Natural. It must be popular because it sells out down here just as fast as when I lived in Ga.
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when i lived in florida, i used the same weight quilt that i use here in minnesota now.
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Thanks for such quick replies. I wondered about just using a flannel backing, but didn't seem like enough. I guess warm and natural, lightly quilted is the way to go.
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