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Elfi2 09-22-2010 12:48 AM
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.
Same here in AUSTRALIA , HAVE BEEN KNOW TO USE WHITE FLANELETTE INSTEAD OF BATTING OR JUST FLANNELETE ON THE BACK WITH NO BATTING. SORRY ABOUT THE CAPITALS
Hi Lady from Australia!
:-D
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:

colleen1978 09-22-2010 03:57 AM
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 :)

kacie 09-22-2010 06:12 AM
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 :)
I don't use a lot of quilting. Usually just straight lines, usually on the diagonal, and up to 6" apart. Use a lot of pins and don't pull on the fabric. I use a longer stitch and go a little slower than usual.

quilt crazee 09-22-2010 10:28 AM
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???

colleen1978 09-22-2010 04:13 PM
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???
They probably didn't wash it, but beat it and aired it out. I believe that in the "old days" they used whatever was on hand. I have a quilt that my great grandmother made and although it is in perfect condition with no way to look inside, it doesn't' feel like any kind of batting we have now and it is so heavy!

Rettie V. Grama 09-22-2010 04:16 PM
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.
That cat fascinates me!

Beth 09-22-2010 04:35 PM
Thats how I do baby quilts for the hospitals

Loretta 09-22-2010 05:42 PM
That's interesting. I am going to try it.

Bettia 09-22-2010 07:16 PM
colleen,
I have a couple of quilts my girlfriends grandmother made. She stuffed them with the cotton out of a mattress. You are right, they are heavy.

flikkem 09-23-2010 12:54 PM
I recently made a child's quilt with fleece backing and eliminated the batting so it could be used in a vehicle without being too bulky.


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