No Batting in Quilt
09-22-2010, 12:48 AM
#71
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Originally Posted by yellowsnow55
Originally Posted by Moonpi
No batting quilts are sometimes called summer quilts or coverlets. Here in Florida, batting can be too much warmth.
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I have come up with another few ideas for batting, specially if you have to count your pennies.... I have gone to OP-Shops (for the people in the States, there are some 2nd hand shops run by LifeLine or the Salvation Army) and there you find for a quite decent price some bedspreads, all sizes, in all sort of thickness which you can cut up and use as batting, also blankets are to be found, thick and thin ones. Lately my daughter who owns a motel has given me a whole pile of mattress protectors she wanted to replace with newer ones and they are just great!!! :thumbup:
09-22-2010, 03:57 AM
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Some of you talk about using fleece as a backing with no batting. How does that work? Doesn't it stretch when you quilt it or is there a special technique you use? I would love to try this but need advice first! I learn so much from all of you :)
09-22-2010, 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by colleen1978
Some of you talk about using fleece as a backing with no batting. How does that work? Doesn't it stretch when you quilt it or is there a special technique you use? I would love to try this but need advice first! I learn so much from all of you :)
09-22-2010, 10:28 AM
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my mother (85) says when she was young, her mother made quilts out of whatever they had(used clothing-cotton,wool,corduroy) and batting was old newspapers,catalog pages.any paper leftover was stuffed around windows and doors.CAN NOT EVEN IMAGINE!!! And HOW would wash that???
09-22-2010, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by quilt crazee
my mother (85) says when she was young, her mother made quilts out of whatever they had(used clothing-cotton,wool,corduroy) and batting was old newspapers,catalog pages.any paper leftover was stuffed around windows and doors.CAN NOT EVEN IMAGINE!!! And HOW would wash that???
09-22-2010, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by pookie ookie
I make summer quilts and wall hangings/chair covers without batting. I especially like Robbing Peter to Pay Paul without batting. Don't know why. I have a dog that prefers no batting.
The one summer exception: I always put batting in a picnic quilt for the cushioning.
The one summer exception: I always put batting in a picnic quilt for the cushioning.
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