When I first started making blankets and quilts I used the JAF snuggle flannel cause I could get it very cheaply on sale, the potential cost of messing up was much less so I had less newbie anxiety plus it wears fine for me, minor pilling on some but my kids don't care and neither does the toddler niece who drags it all over the floor and outside to the sandbox. They have fun prints too. I do watch the quality, some patterns are practically see-through and I avoid those. It's no longer my main fabric but it still has it's place.