Warmer!
11-08-2012, 04:42 PM
#41
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If wool is not something you want to give a try...I often double bat.. one layer warm and natural one layer poly. I love the effect of the differnent shrink rates... the crinkles from the cotton shrinkage get a bit more hieght/loft from the poly.
11-08-2012, 04:52 PM
#42
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You might want to try the batting that is made out of recycled plastic. It sounds awful, but is soft, has a good drape, and is WARM!! Oh, my goodness!! It is warm!! Don't know the name, so maybe someone here can help. It is a light green color. Now that I read older posts...there it is, "Quilter's Dream!"
11-08-2012, 06:54 PM
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I met a man that wanted me to make him a heavy quilt like he had when he was a kid. I remember my mom telling me they used to use the old blankets the returning vet brought home from the war. They were very scratchy so women used them as batting for their utility quilts. They had already washed them so they weren't likely to shrink. They were tied and not quilted. I do use flannel on the back of my quilts because I like the softness of it.
11-08-2012, 11:59 PM
#46
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Going off to college i purchased a blue jean quilt to be used for my dorm bedspread.
The front of the quilt was patchwork of many shades of denim. The quilt maker included the pockets in some of the patchwork squares. The back of the quilt was red denim yardage sew together to complete the backing. The binding was also the red denim fabric. There was no batting used.
The quilt made a great bedspread and kept me toasty warm throughout the cold snowy mountain winters.
Here it is 36 years later and the quilt has been used for chilly football games, picnic blanket and as a toddler play mat....you can hide toys in the pockets and then let the children find them.
It is amazing that the quilt looks as good as when I purchased it after all the years of use. It is both heavy in weight and very warm. Start saving those blue jeans, I know your DH will love a toasty denim quilt.
The front of the quilt was patchwork of many shades of denim. The quilt maker included the pockets in some of the patchwork squares. The back of the quilt was red denim yardage sew together to complete the backing. The binding was also the red denim fabric. There was no batting used.
The quilt made a great bedspread and kept me toasty warm throughout the cold snowy mountain winters.
Here it is 36 years later and the quilt has been used for chilly football games, picnic blanket and as a toddler play mat....you can hide toys in the pockets and then let the children find them.
It is amazing that the quilt looks as good as when I purchased it after all the years of use. It is both heavy in weight and very warm. Start saving those blue jeans, I know your DH will love a toasty denim quilt.
11-09-2012, 04:18 PM
#48
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The warmth is created by the air space in the batting, if you want more warmth you need something with more air spaces to provide that insulation. So a higher loft batting will provide more warmth. So you can switch to anything that is thicker that way.
I would agree, wool is a very nice way to go but if economics are an issue then go with poly.
I would agree, wool is a very nice way to go but if economics are an issue then go with poly.
Yes, this is great advice and the reasoning behind using wool is spot on!
11-09-2012, 08:43 PM
#50
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Since you mentioned making a couple of quilts, I had an idea that might appeal to your chilly guy there in the cold north. How about sewing them together as a duvet cover? Basically, make them like a big pillowcase and add ties at the open end. It might be possible to do it with large stitches so that they can be restored as quilts at some future time, but meanwhile you'd have a reversible quilt and all your efforts would be put to good use. If having a nice quilt hidden on the underside is not such a good idea, or if they are not the same size, you could make them both into duvet covers by simply sewing a sheet to the under side.
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