I made a quilt for my boyfriend when I was in college and used courdoroy for the backing. ( in the 70's quilt fabric was not so easy to find that was not feminine) He only would use it in the dead of winter as he said it was very heavy and very HOT ( he said it went way past warm).
The weight of it made it really hard to quilt ( no walking feet then). I gave up and tied it , but I remember having to use pliers to pull the needle thru.