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    Old 09-21-2019, 10:08 PM
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    I've made a number of quilts with both Cuddle and Fireside. My family loves them as they are soft and cuddly for curling up on the couch. I always use a cotton batting in the middle and have quilted them all myself on my home sewing machine.
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    Old 09-22-2019, 05:19 AM
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    I made about 9 couch quilts with flannel on the front and minky on the back. Used the minky and folded it over to the front to self bind. Sooo soft and cuddly. All my kids and grand love them.
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    I have used blankets as a backing. I have used a 'regular' blanket for a child's bed and I have used a heavy duty wool blanket. The difficulties come from sewing thru it (whether you use it alone or as an alternative to batting). But, it is workable.
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    Old 09-23-2019, 05:11 AM
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    [ATTACH=CONFIG]617695[/ATTACH]This is a picture of our Bichon sleeping on our camping quilt, backed with one of the Costco blankets, I quilted it with small and large circles, to see if it could stand the strain of her making a bed with it, the blanket has enough give that the threads do no break. It is really comfortable and warm and of course Missy takes advantage of it in the early mornings.
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