There is no way I could know if the Pellon batting would be similar to Quilters Dream for hand quilting without trying it out. I looked up Pellon's batting; do you mean the Legacy batting?
In general, for hand quilting, you want to avoid batting that is needlepunched through scrim. The scrim makes an extra layer for your needle to go through and makes quilting harder. Quilters Dream is simply needlepunched cotton -- no scrim.
Traditional cotton batting that is not needlepunched and does not have scrim is a toss-up for hand quilting depending on how it is made. Bonding agents (added to the batting to make it stick together better) can be sticky to quilt through. If the batting is allowed to have some seeds, this can make the batting more difficult to quilt. Traditional batting without any bonding agents, needlepunching, scrim, etc. have the drawback of needing to be quilted very close together. Mountain Mist Blue Ribbon 100% cotton batting, for example, needs to be quilted no more than 2 inches apart.
Flannelette can be used but is very thin and flat. For hand quilting, usually you want your stitching to show up more than that.
Your best bet is probably a thin polyester batting. Polyester is easier to hand quilt than cotton as long as the loft is not too high. Mountain Mist Lite polyester would be very easy to hand quilt, and also the loft next up in size to that.
Is there a quilt shop you could call to ask? They should know which battings available locally would be easy to hand quilt.