Thanks, I always just did what my Momma told me. I never knew the reasoning behind it.

I recently purchased a wool batting but have not used it yet. It was at Hancock's and it's very soft. I've heard it's a dream to quilt with so I'm looking forward to using it in a quilt. I believe it's by Hobbs. It was sold by the yard and I used a 50% off coupon.

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I'm not sure that quilts, in and of themselves, are supposed to be that warm. Originally, they were layered as the weather called for.

That's what we still do to this day in our house. There are no blankets in this house, only quilts...and we layer them as needed to create the warmth or remove them as necessary as the weather warms up.

You can tell him to add a blanket between the quilt and the top sheet. That would help.

Having been a member of this Board for almost a year now, I've learned that I'm a total outlier on this topic, but I still recommend using fleece as a batting if you want a really warm quilt.

I made a quilt for my elderly mother when she just couldn't get warm last winter. She hates the feel of fleece, but it was the warmest fabric I could think of. So I pieced an all-cotton top and backing for the quilt, then used generic white fleece (purchased with a coupon) as the batting. I did simple SID quilting (fleece doesn't need much) and the result was a lovely WARM quilt that Mom really used.

I thank everyone for your help. I talked to my son a little while ago and he suggested I make him another one and he would layer them. I think he just wanted another quilt.smile.I was told not to use fleese because it stretches but one thing I've learned about quilters is Nothing stops a quilter from making what she wants. I will try your suggestions.

One other thing you can think about, and that's !00% wool felt. My grandmother used to make the warmest quilts, and she would use a double layer, stitched together. of wool felt for the batting. This was important because her farm house didn't have central heating, and we kids slept upstairs, in the winter, where there was no heating! But we stayed warm under her quilts. I suppose you could try just one layer. The nice thing about it is you can pre-wash, and thus pre-shrink it, unlike wool batting. It comes in other combinations of fabrics as well, such as part polyester. I've been looking for 100% cotton. Not sure there is such an animal in felt! But I can't say I've looked very hard either. Just a thought.

I would choose a wool batting

I use the Dream batting, it is warmer. and wonderful to quilt with. DEB

hmmmmnnn, maybe his comment about it not being warm enough was a subtle hint that he'd really like another quilt :-)

i recently bought a roll of hobbs 80/20 heirloom, after this roll is done I am going back to quilter's dream cotton.

A Grson always sleeps with the flannel backing next to his body.No top sheet, & he says it's so comfy & warm.He's 18 & still uses same quilt.The whole family loves flannel backing on their quilts.