Originally Posted by
pocoellie
I've used plenty of blankets for batting, I've even used mattress covers when the elastic on the "fabric" that keeps it on the mattress is shot. I have a friend that gathered up sweat shirts and pants and cut them in whatever size pieces she could get out of it, then she sewed them together and used that as batting, she was happy with it and so was her brother.
Yes, blankets work very well! I had to chuckle about the mattress protector just now. Just this past week, I ripped of the elastic part of a mattress protector, washed it and now have it in reserve for use as batting when I need it.