Originally Posted by
Rodney
I've heard of people using old blankets for batting. Goodwill did have a few that looked like they would work. I think they're emergency blankets. I don't think I'd give someone a quilt made that way but I'm not picky for my own use. Has anyone here done that and what did you think of the finished quilt?
Rodney
I have no experience with this a quilting batting, but we use 100% wool blankets as the batting in gambesons (under armor padding in the medieval recreation groups)
They breath very very well. (We wash them a couple of times in HOT water advance to pre-shrink them and to remove any "treatments" done to them.