Originally Posted by cashs_mom

Those who came before us really did know how to make due. I remember my mom taking apart an old quilt my grandmother made out of squares of velvet curtain samples. She was going to replace the binding which was wearing out. When she got it apart, there was an old wool blanket inside that was used as batting. My mother told me that she could remember sitting in the evenings (no TV in the 30's!) and cutting her brother old woolen pants into strips to use as log cabin blocks and sewing them together. She said that they used whatever was available as filler since there was no money for batting. I've always admired how our grandparents and great grandparents used the resources available to create what they needed. No waste!