Originally Posted by
Peckish
I know that polyester clothing can melt to the skin, and poly batting will melt, but I would think that the cotton top and backing would act as a barrier and stop the melted poly from fusing to skin.
I have a fireman friend, I'll have to ask him if he's had any experience with this.
I believe the response you'll get will be that polyester nightwear is in close contact with the skin and surrounds the body so is more of a potential hazard that a poly batt quilt which is (usually) loosely covering the body. That's what I've been told anyway.
The top and backing, being cotton, will burn to ash and disappear quickly, so I don't think that's any real protection against burns from poly batting if a child were wrapped in it. It's just not something I'm willing to risk at all, no matter what the age of the person I'm making the quilt for.