Have to correct myself as to the above post about electric blankets---it was an electric MATTRESS PAD that had the bias tape stuff on it and that I took off---that why it was so darn heavy. Sorry about that!!!! Old age kicked in again.

A person can also get used blankets at thrift stores very cheap to use in their quilts. I have some to use, just have not been able to yet.. as the quilts I have made have been either way to big or small for the sizes I have.

Thany you to TnBecky for your info. To the others who questioned my request/sanity(?)--I had been out of work for three years and finally found a minimum wage job but only 8 - 10 hours a week. I have student loans to pay and a credit card-neither is forgiving of nonpayment. I am 64 years old and need to work. I believe that if I paid good money for something that no longer is functional as purchased and can be used in another manner it is sensible to make do with what I have. Besides I like the challenge. I count my blessings where I find them every day. Hope I answered your questions. Make it a good day

I sure would like to know where to buy sheet blankets, also. I have looked in stores and surfed the internet. Hope someone knows where to get them. My mother used sheet blankets and she also took the wiring out of electric blankets and just bound them or used them in quilts.

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You said it !! much better than I could of ! ^5 to you !! and you are so right !!

First let me say Hello to another quilter in TN. About the electric blanket trick, I talk with a lady in OK & she is the one who told me about this. She is 86 & has more knowledge than I could ever imagine. So why not recycle blanket's just like we recycle fabric, shirts, jeans or anything else that we have laying around. Let's just call it being "Green". There is no sense in throwing something in the garbage when you can use it in a wonderful quilt. I hope that you have fun doing this & NEVER let anyone discourage you from trying. :thumbup: I hope to see picture's of your quilts someday. :D

Sometimes I will buy fleece to use in a quilt if it's alot cheaper than batting.... And just what is a "sheet blanket"?

I am amazed at everyone's ingeniouty.

!!! I don't waste --- that's why I re-use the electric blankets! I don't use them as batting, but I DO have them ready for grandkids to use on the ground outside.....I don't worry, if the blankets get torn or stained -- big deal, it was a "throw-away blanket". :) :) :) And I didn't think it was all that hard to take the wiring out ---have had to do more than one snip of the blanket....but got them out.

Now that's another good idea. :thumbup: I would not have thought about that. Thanks.