The fabric this is made out of is the heavy cotton. The backing looks like the older heavy white sheets they used to make. There are 2 seams in the outer white band toward the edge of the quilt that need to be fixed and there is a couple places in the middle where fabrics meet that need to be patched, and one spot I found where the back and front is sewed together. Sue at the LQS looked at it and says it is hand-stitched for the quilting but they did 3 stitches to the inch. The batting looks like the older poly stuff one used to get, but is not very thick.