ck, I think most on this board would agree with you about recycling and making our own quilts our way. There is nothing wrong with buying new fabric to make a quilt, just hang onto the scraps and use them for something else. And from everything I've read here, that is what everyone seems to be doing. I know that I am trying to find ways to use my leftovers into a pattern that will be pretty, but I must admit, it would be easier to go buy a pattern and new fabric and start from scratch. I am a person who was taught to be very frugal, I saw my mother makeover clothes from one daughter to the next , feedsack dresses, and home canned vegetables and fruit, homemade clothes and homemade bread are what I grew up knowing. I do want to thank you for confirming what I thought about the mattress pad use as batting.