using ticking (cotton) fabric for quilt backing
I have recently made a strip pieced woollen quilt using old clothing & a scarf and I was initially going to back it with a flannelette sheet for warmth.
Now it is almost finished I wonder about using cotton ticking fabric (did used to be used for mattresses & pillow covers way back). The colours of this quilt are predominantly grey tones with some red tartan fabrics, but I do have several odd strips of turquoise to break it up.
Does anyone out there have knowledge of using this ticking type of fabric?
I will be hand quilting the finished quilt - with large running type stitches, probably using a cotton perle type thread - so is this fabric maybe not so suited to this hand stitch, eg if the fabric has a lot of "dressing" in it will it be hard to stitch through?
I look forward to reading your ideas,
Lyn