My grandmother was the sewer and quilter in the family. Most of the quilts were anything to keep you warm kind but for my high school graduation in 1975 she made one for me made out of double knit fabric. She embroidered different stiTches on the blocks and hand quilted it. With grandma being an older lady she didn't wear panty hose but the nylon stockings that you had to use with a garter belt and in my quilt she laid all the ones that had runs in them in single layer and backed it with flannel. That quilt was the warmest thing. It went with my oldest son to college and the only reason I got it back was because it needs a new backing. Some of the embroidery is gone but the double knit will last forever!!!