My mother still has the quilt that my great-grandmother gave her as a wedding present in 1945, the double-ring design that gr-grandma hand quilted herself. My mother's family were cotton growers and mother told me that gr-grandma used their best "staple" cotton. And yes, it is heavy. There is a LQS in the owner's country home bult at the turn of the century (early 1900's) and on the wall in her cutting room hanging is also an antique quilt that was made with cotton batting.