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Old 01-30-2014, 11:56 PM
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I don't know the ultimate destination for your quilt, but I just wanted to say a word about batting. If a quilt is to go to someone who is unable to get out from under the quilt by themselves (babies, elderly, disabled, etc), you should use a batting made especially for them (Dream Angel comes to mind), cotton or wool - never polyester! If there is a fire, polyester melts and sticks to everything, including skin, causing severe burns. Also, polyester is not a natural material and does not breathe like cotton and wool - it traps in the heat (lovely if you live where it is cold) and can over-heat a baby while they are sleeping under it. Like that lovely Minkee fabric...polyester at its finest, is lousy for baby quilts!
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