The very first quilt I made was from a cheater panel given to me by my sister, so I decided to make a play quilt for my daughter to use when she played outside. I really, really, did not know what I was doing, so I used two - yes I said two - layers of an old mattress pad, plus 2 layers of polyester batting. Amazingly, my old reliable Sears Kenmore machine loved to sew heavy fabric, so she had no trouble doing some stitch in the ditch around the squares on the cheater panel. I used purchased seam binding to bind it and Kari used it for years, especially when playing with her dolls outside, no rocks or sticks got through that quilt. LOL. It was, however, a heavy quilt, but I've since learned that "less" is more. Every quilt I make I learn something, so that's a good thing, but I still laugh every time I think of that first quilt.