I have been reading this site for years but have never responded before. This is just to amazing to keep quiet. Nebraska public TV has a show put on by the university called Quilt Nebraska. Just last week they showed a quilt from the museum that was all 1/2 inch squares. There was no batting used because the seam allowances were so dense that none was needed, it was just backed and quilted. Deffinatly spend the money for a very good LA