Originally Posted by murphzmom

I am going to make some Rag Quilts for family members for Christmas this year. I will be using flannel materials. My question is instead of batting for the middle I was going to use just another layer of flannel cut 1/2" smaller. Some of the people I have spoken with about this have said that they think that any type of middle layer will make the quilt too heavy and I shouldn't use anything at all. I know flannel is warm but I am thinking that the middle layer whether batting or flannel will add extra warmth which here in Wisconsin in the middle of winter is not a bad thing. What do you all think?