been reading various posts. even though i just started quilting in January of this year, I'm sure learning a lot, have to - i'm getting old. will answer several questions all at once - yes i have used flannel for batting, i wash all my material first, and it does great and it's so huggable. here's a lap quilt i made with the sew & flip method. and yes i machine tacked it with a lock stitch of a little heart. even did the binding with a decorative stitch instead of hand tacking. i sew the binding to the back instead of front, then bring the folded edge to front and pin, then sew that too on the front side with a continuing 'star' stitch. did great. this is sure a fast way to make a lap quilt, I'm making several for Christmas gifts.
i used unbleached domestic to sew the 3" strips onto, so it actually has 3 layers of cotton with flannel for the batting.
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