Useing fabric instead of batting for a quilt?
 

Ih im new here, but I’ve been marking quilts for 2 years now, I just wanted to know if I can use fabric instead of Cotten or polyester batting in my quilts? Is so how much do I use? Layer wise

I have used flannel instead of batting for lighter quilts and a few pieces that I've hand quilted. Works well.

You can certainly use fabric if you want to, many people use flannel as batting. If it's a light quilt you want, there is a light batting called Quilter's Dream Request. I live in the south and need lighter quilts than people who live up north. So I use Request. Just a thought, I'm sure anything you chose will make a fine quilt.

The first quilt I made at age 68 was QAYG I learned from You Tube. It was a 'practice' quilt from scraps, no pattern. I used an old sheet for batting because I didn't have confidence it would come out all right, or even if I would finish it. I have it on my bed now still, 7 years later.

This is good to know others approve. I’ve done flannel with baby quilts because I like it to drape and tuck around the child.

I have made many quilts using a sheet instead of batting. People love them because they are warm enough in the winter and cool enough in the summer.

My girlfriend who quilted for years used whatever she had. One time it was an old set of drapes that was washable fabric. Another time she used a blanket that was slightly torn. She mended the blanket by hand stitching it back together so that it laid flat. If all the fabrics have been prewashed before you put together the 3 layers you should be okay. If 2 are prewashed and another not, they might shrink differently and you might not like the end result. A sheet might make a good center, I know it makes a good backing. I use them all the time.

When mattress pads are done for use on beds, I will use them for "batting", especially for wall hangings.

I’ve used sheets as a back to. I just did that, I also used a Cotten table cloth, I found at a thrift store, I’ve used a sheet for the front of a quilt too

I use flannel as batting a lot for smaller lap or throw quilts. I don't live in the cold north, so we don't need the heavier thicker quilts. On baby quilts, if I am using flannel as a backing, I like to use a piece of muslin for the batting just to pad the seam areas. While I do not usually prewash fabrics, whenever I am using flannel - wash everything.
Welcome to the world of quilting. Reminder - it is your quilt - make it however you want, the quilt police will not be coming by!!!!

I have made a quilt with out any batting/fabric and found it wrinkle very easily and does not have any body. I also used flannel as batting and found that the quilt was just as heavy as using batting and flannel can be way more expensive that batting. IMHO

I was thinking the same thing, that flannel can be pretty expensive compared to batting. But if its what you want to use there's nothing wrong with that

my only concern about not using batting is the wear. I often wonder if the seams from the the quilt top would wear through the back quicker without batting. I have see some older quilts that were worn through and needed a new back and I wondered if the batting would have prevented some of that wear. (but I don't know that - just my brain wondering)

I occasionally use fleece as a combination batting and backing.

I grew up in California and my mother always used old worn sheets instead of batting. A few years ago my son asked me to make him a new quilt as the one from my mother had worn so badly. He loved the weight and so I used 2 sheets inside his quilt. It was perfect for him and he uses it every day. When I was sewing his old quilt back together as best I could, I saw that she had used one old sheet and several muslin feed bags inside his quilt. She stitched the feed bags together to make a piece the size of the sheet.