Actually, and not to argue with Webster, I read that quilts were made as coverlets for summer with no padding. I think I read this in an autobiography of Rockefeller.
My one quilt client asked me to make quilts for Spring and Summer with no padding in them, just to make the bed pretty and not make it hotter than it already is here in Florida.
It has been 97 degrees all weekend, and will be the same today. Heat index of about 105, and probably 60% humidity. Gotta love our Southern weather!
I took my quilt off my bed until November, when we MAY or MAY NOT need it again!
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