This is great news for me! A few months ago I accidentally took off the mattress pad when I was changing the sheets. I decided to throw it in the washer with the sheets. As it turns out, that overloaded the washer, and it ate the side netting of the pad. I've been saving it in hopes of using it for batting. This thread gives me hope. It does seem as though it would be very warm. I'll keep that in mind when deciding who to give it to.