Originally Posted by Maride
My mother is in Puerto Rico and she uses no batting at all. She makes her top,lays the backing, and only holds the two layers together sewing straight lines about 1/8 inch from the seam lines, on the side where the fabric was folded to. This way she is at least sewing on 4 layers and it holds well. Her quilts are great to use in the summer mornings, when is not hot yet.
I have some of my grandmother's "summer quilts" which are only the top and bottom - not batting. Maybe a layer of flannel, if that would make it feel more like a quilt.