Originally Posted by
maviskw
The warmest quilt has a wool batt and is tied, not machine quilted. Tied quilts allow the wool to keep its loft to trap the air to keep you warm.
How far apart are your ties, and are they in a pattern or random? Are there special instructions for washing to keep the batting from bunching? Would this stand up to the heavy wear that Genden indicates for her quilt replacements? It seems that more and more I am hearing about tied quilts.