I remember only ever having quilts made with batting like that for winter.We had crazy quilts or simply two pieces of fabric one on top and one on the bottom that were always tied by the Lady's Aid at church on frames. My job was to go under there and poke the needle back up when it got too far to the center to reach. They were thick comfortors and we rolled up in them like mummies because the upstairs of the house was not very warm in northern Wisconsin. These will be very warm if you have heated bedrooms. The tops were some times taken off and washed then put back. You don't wash them you send the batts to be cleaned and re-carded at the woolen mills or do it your self.