Thank you, QBers, for all your gracious comments, especially the heads up about how much flannel shrinks! Sure would not have thought it to be so drastic!!
I've used QD Request on two quilts that I hand quilted, one of which is my avatar, and it was quite nice, but I didn't want to go to that extra expense for this project.
I sandwiched the quilt yesterday and ended up using Hobbs 100% cotton batting since I had it on hand. However, I'd like to try a smaller quilt using flannel to get an idea of how it handles....sounds very nice for babies.
Many thanks again....have a wonderful quilty day!