flannel quilts
 

I'm making a flannel quilt. Flannel squares on top and flannel for backing. I might use thin batting inside. Do you think that is the right thing to do or will it be too hot and heavy?

I use cotton batting and love the weight of it.

Too hot and heavy depends on where you live and how warm you keep your house. I live in western Washington with cool wet winters and slightly less cool and wet summers. We keep our house heated in the low 60s during the cooler months so here I think it would be just about right. I'm in the process of gathering old men's flannel shirts for a quilt and I plan to make it like you describe. If you heat your house into the mid or high 70s, or live in a warmer climate, it could be on the warm side.
Rodney

I make quilts with flannel tops and backs. I use poly batting because I like the loft. Not too heavy for me at all, but I live in Missouri--not sure if it would be too warm for the south.

I have a nice cuddly quilt with flannel front and back and cotton batting, I LOVE it!

Is it a rag quilt? I use 3 layers of flannel in my rag quilts. That means more fabric to rag, and also I don't have to sew those x's through the blocks to keep the batting from shifting.

I like using a single layer of flannel as the batting. It's incredibly soft and "supple" ... absolutely no stiffness to it. And since it's a woven fabric you don't have to quilt it densely.

Note that you don't see the quilting much, this might be a bonus :)

Depends on where it's headed. I'd take batting in mine, but it gets cold ehre.

I made one just like that & it was just right - even for Southern CA.

I made one that is 3 layers of flannel - top, batting, and backing. It's heavy but we like heavy.

I made a flannel top and back quilt and used a Werm and Natural cotton batt. My DH and the boys fight or it. It is the softest, snuggliest thing in the house. I now have to make each of the boys one for their own or I will have to listen to more arguing. ;)

My first quilt was crib size for baby granddaughter. It is flannel front and back with warm and natural batting. Was easy to quilt on a basic mechanical old singer. She is 10 and a half and that quilt is still on her bed and has been washed a gazillion times and she loves it. She is in WA state and she layers it with other blankets in winter.

We live in TN and it would be perfect weight here. I love flannel quilts and they are more often the ones chosen to cuddle under. We love the softness and warm you get with them.

I make lots of flannels quilts- they are my favorite---and I always use batting- often Hobbs Heirloom 80/20, sometimes some other cotton batting- when it's a special quilt for a special person I splurge & use hobbs or Dream Wool. I love my flannel quilts to be soft, fluffy/lofty and cozy!

Same here. Three layers, pretty heavy and plenty warm.

I live in Phoenix, AZ and use mine all Fall through Spring.

I made some for my kids who live in Washington state. They have poly batting, nice quilts. The only problems I had making them was the larger amount of lint, both when piecing and when quilting.

I use 3 layers of flannel .. gives it a fuller rag-i-ness to it..

I just made my first rag quilt, and used a thin batting in each of the blocks (Pellon Nature's Touch). Even though we live in nice, warm, sunny (most of the time) Southern California, it is the perfect weight for cuddling on the couch with. http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...t-t235900.html

Good luck!

I made flannel quilts for my family back in 2005 and I used wool batting. They still look good. Since it has been a while, I am making another batch for my family for Christmas. Wool is just lovely to quilt through!

I use 80/20 batting and I dont use the X. I am doing a star in the middle. I have a flannel layer cake that Im using and some flannel yardage to cut into 10 inch squares for the backing.