When I was growing up we had heavy quilts also. My mother made them out of wool scraps and used cotton batting. I can't even imagine where she got the scraps because we were quite poor. The quilts were very warm and usually we had 2 or 3 on our bed. When I was growing up we did not have a central heating system in our home so the bedrooms were cold. Kids now days don't appreciate the warm homes in the winter and air conditioning in the summer.