Originally Posted by
terriamn
My 84 year old Mom has a quilt I made with Hobbs 80/20 batting with pretty dense quilting. Mom says quilt is now to heavy for her. My sister has asked me to make her a new top then her church will tie it. Her friends have told her it's the quilting that makes it heavy. Do you think it's the quilting and tieing will make it lighter?
The Palace Windows quilt I just finished is not quilted so heavily for this very reason. I finished the pillow shams first and they were heavy, so I knew I had to make some adjustments somehow. So, to answer your question, yes, quilts do become heavier in relation to the amount of quilting. Also, I have wondered (maybe even worried) that some materials are too heavy to begin with. I know it is the style to use the heavier cottons, but sometimes even my tops un-quilted are almost unmanageable. I have been tempted to use lighter weight cottons or even blends.