Originally Posted by SittingPretty
Has anyone ever used a blanket for the batting in a quilt? I remember long ago my mother gave the squares one aunt had made to another aunt to put together into a quilt, and she gave her a blanket to use as the batting. It seemed to wear pretty well and was nice and warm, but I've never done it myself. I just happened to think of it the other day and began wondering if it was a good idea or not. Any thoughts?
When I first started quilting I had noone around me to give me advice, so I just used old blankets that family donated. I did that for quite a while until I started getting magazine subscriptions and learned that "real" quilters used purchased batting. Since then that's what I've always used. But I can absolutely swear to you that the ones I made with old blankets are still in heavy use after all these years. My daughter and her family live in Ohio where it can really get cold, and they use those quilts on their beds in the coldest of weather and swear they are the warmest things they have.
Bottom line is, use what you want to use, old blankets or whatever. As long as nothing is falling apart.
8-)