Thanks for all the input, everyone. I must admit I sort of got carried away there for a while. I just found out that day that my goddaughter was pregnant and got so excited I lost my head for a second. I don't usually pre-wash my fabric before making a quilt but will in this instance and use an organic receiving blanket for batting and it should be fine. Again, thanks for all the common sense advice when I seemed to have lost my common sense for a while.