Feathers for filling
I just read the post about 'flimsys' and someone posted a site about Wagga rugs. On that site, you can go to another Australian site that tells you so much about Australian quilts. I read where a woman made a quilt using 'feathers' as her middle instead of wadding. Just think about that for a minute. Wouldn't that be a nightmare to use feathers? What a mess it'd make in your sewing room. I bet she stuffed them in some kind of homemade large bag, the same size as the quilt and then put the flimsy on top and the backing on the back. Don't you think so? Or how do you think they'd use the feathers in a quilt?