I have made a shaggy quilt...Sorry, I prefer "shaggy" to "raggy"....with and without the batting. Prefer WITH a thin batting...be it Warm and Natural or a polyester. Without the batting it was just too much of a thin, sloppy rag...not much of a quilt. Both flannel and woven fabrics quilts that were made had the thin batting and the X's. Turned out very nice. Hope this helps with your question.