it's fine to use flannel for batting even if you were going to wash it-flannel makes a good batting. for wall hangings often you only need a center layer to help keep seam lines-threads from showing through- even a layer of muslin can be enough at times...just depends if you want to add any (depth) to the project when you quilt it.

I use flannel when I make wearable stuff like quilted coats and it works very well.

I use flannel for my placemats and table runners, works great (I buy al the receiving blankets at the thrift store and use those for the batting)

I use flannel for batting if I'm going to be doing heavy beading. I baste the top to the flannel, do the beading, and then add a back and bind it. So far my heavily beaded pieces have been quite small and I haven't needed to quilt them as the beading held it together well enough. When I made the quilt in the avatar, which is 39" square, the beading was a small part of it, so I used a standard thin poly batting, quilted, and then added the beading last.

very nice !!!!! flannel will be great... but I would suggest washing it first, just to be sure

What a beautiful job...I agree with Quilters Dream Poly. I love it when I am doing wall hanging

Beautiful work. I've used flannel as batting in quilts and it worked very well. Washed it first. Didn't have any problems quilting it.

Locw the bear

I use flannel for backing on embroidery for quilting, so I don't see why you couldn't use it for batting. It's easy to sew thru.

Good idea about buying the blankets at the thrift store. I'll have to run out and look ASAP. Will it pass it on, too.