I made a quilt last year using fleece for batting. The quilt is very heavy and will be nice and warm. I like to do my own machine quilting - nothing fancy - just meandering and maybe a few names stitched in to it. I had a very difficult time doing a simple stippling. My thread kept breaking after about a foot of stitching. I was too stubborn to stop and just do a stitch in the ditch. When I finished making a mess of my quilt, I then ripped out all the stippling and just did stitch in the ditch. I then washed it to be able to get all the needle marks out of it. I would suggest you try a small sample before committing to the whole quilt.