Light weight coverlet quilt???
#12
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 225
Fleece is polyester so it doesn't breathe like cotton. If someone is sensitive to that, they will be miserable using a quilt with fleece in the summer. A lot of flannel is all cotton so, I think, that might be a better choice.
#13
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Horse Country, FL
Posts: 7,341
Instead of flannel, I will use fleece or t-shirt fabric. I tie these summer blankets and they work fine without the worry of flannel shrinkage. I use a surgeon's knot when I tie the layers together...and have never had any complaints.
#14
I like my quilts with batting for summer better than winter because with the air conditioning I'm always cold. You know "it's not a quilt" if it doesn't have three layers. I think I would use warm and natural, it is only 1/8 in. thick.
#20
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Posts: 4,299
My grandmothers both made "summer" quilts for me, both made them with no batting. One grandmother tied all her quilts so hers is tied; the other just did simple SITD to hold the layers together.
I still have both quilts; the one with SITD is about 30 years old; the tied one is about 25 years old. Both are in fantastic condition, despite me not really taking proper care of them in my younger years!
They both look just fine to me, and in fact I didn't even notice or think about the fact that they don't have batting until I became a quilter myself.
I still have both quilts; the one with SITD is about 30 years old; the tied one is about 25 years old. Both are in fantastic condition, despite me not really taking proper care of them in my younger years!
They both look just fine to me, and in fact I didn't even notice or think about the fact that they don't have batting until I became a quilter myself.
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