Thank you all for the great advice. I know she keeps her place cooler to save on cost as she is still a student. I will post a photo of finished quilt. I am going with the wool. I am also,making it a quillwork for her feet! :thumbup:

Wool is great for anyone who feels the cold easily. I've only used it once, but the recipient was very pleased.

What I mainly put in my quilts are high loft polyester batting. Warm without the weight. No one has ever complained and tell me they are very warm. I always use it in the quilts I keep for us.
On lots of quilts I just donated I used warm & Natural, 1 layer, they felt very thin.

I mat be wrong, but few folks live in unheated homes nowadays. I vote for 1 layer of W&N. She can always add another blanket or quilt. Unless she lives in the North Pole????

I live on LOng Island, NY. It's cold and damp here and one layer is more enough for me and dh.
THen again, the 10 lb kitty Zoey throws off a lot of heat.

I live in the NE. It gets very cold here. I made my DS and DD a rag quilt. I used flannel and just one layer of batting. The batting I used was Warm and Natural cotton batting. They love it. It keeps both of them warm, even when watching tv.

I agree with manalto, I live In cold contry, but go around in shorts n tank top year around house is at 68 hubby likes it there plus he runs room heater 1 layer of batting is plenty I have a sheet, a regular blanket and a quilt all I need

I live in wi. all my life and one layer of 80/20 batting is all you need in a quilt.

It works better to be able to layer bedding than have one very heavy blanket. I would just make her a normal quilt. I'm sure it's not the only blanket she will have.

Keep in mind that the higher loft batting traps the body heat and actually keeps one warmer than a close knit batting. It was difficult for me to imagine, and I personally love the feeling of a heavy quilt on me during the winter, but this point rings true.