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Old 03-27-2011, 05:08 PM
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jaciqltznok
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double warm and natural might work, but the key to those old quilts being heavy was the fabric...most of the time they pieced scraps onto old flour/sugar sacks and the backing was the same, bleached out flour/sugar sacks that were made of grid iron muslin! That fabric made for a heavy quilt!
and some times if up North they used old wool blankets for batting, and sometimes even another old quilt!
I have seen it all....

the only heavier quilt is denim/flannel or polyester from the 60's! yikes is it heavy..hehehe
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