sfmavis

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!

BettyGee

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

Jingle

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.

carolynjo

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????

lynnie

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.

Clmay

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.

Painiacs

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

scrappy happy

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

sewbizgirl

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.

Prissnboot

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.