I asked Cheryl and she said that much of the way she quilts now is how she learned from her mother and grandmother. They used whatever they had at hand. However, after she joined her quilt guild and got exposure to other ideas she realized that not everything they taught her held true. Right now she only uses 100 percent cotton fabric, high end cotton thread, but she still likes Polyfil batting, although she wants to see if Hobbs makes a difference.