They use what my grandma used old quilts or blankets that were well used but given new life in a new quilt!

I remember the same feeling of the big old heavy quilts but we were just little...that's all. I sure wouldn't make that Dear Jane quilt that way tho. just my opinion.you can't hand
quilt a thick heavy quilt and survive it!!!

I think the heavy one made by my Mother in law was pillow quilt stuff with old nylon panty hose.

we have a family dollar store in our area, and they sell nice blankets for $10.00 , each for king size and $6.00 for full, they make a nice heavy weiht to a quilt , and they work up nice too. hope it works for you ,

Oh my Gosh, some of you can really give me a belly laugh! Thanks

double layers of batting work but I used 3 layers on one quilt and I use it when I am sick and need to hold in the body heat!

that's what I was wondering...

My mother still has the quilt that my great-grandmother gave her as a wedding present in 1945, the double-ring design that gr-grandma hand quilted herself. My mother's family were cotton growers and mother told me that gr-grandma used their best "staple" cotton. And yes, it is heavy. There is a LQS in the owner's country home bult at the turn of the century (early 1900's) and on the wall in her cutting room hanging is also an antique quilt that was made with cotton batting.

My Mom used worn blankets as batting for tied quilts. But all said, I think you'd be better off making lighter weight blankets & double up on the bed. That's what I have. It makes for easier quilting, washing & drying.

I couldn't agree more...I have a 21 year old who is always cold, I tell him & my husband: "put a sweathshirt on"! I grew up in a cold house in northern midwest & we always had socks, sweaters & blankets around us when it was chilly weather. My husband is a Calif. native & has never lived where it's cold. They like to walk around in T-shirts & crank up the heat and AC. We have a regular "dualing thermostat" issue @ our house, as I pay the bills. It really does no good to have a programmable thermostat if everyone's just going around turning it up in winter & down in summer. It is set at a reasonable setting, just doesn't end up that way when the rest are home.

My grandma's old quilts (made in the 10's to the 30's) weren't that heavy, and seemed quite flat (not those mid-century puffy ones) but were wonderful to sleep under. I inherited 2 & feel very blessed!