My husband loves a puffy quilt, it's warmer. I have put double batting, or single batting with a fleece back. I do a tack stitch on my DSM just close enough per the batting's directions, and that allows the rest of the quilt to be full and warm. I have tied double batted and fleece backed quilts, but boy, that's been years! a tacking stitch on my machine works as well, and you don't have to worry about the ties coming undone down the road.