quiltmom04

I would definitely turn down double knit. While free fabric is usually a good thing, I can't imagine ANY circumstance I would want to put my hard work into a project that included double knit!

delma_paulk

I have a couple quilts that my dear MIL made and they are just fine! Holds the shape, washes well and I really like them.

So I would take the double knit scraps.....and they make great rugs, too.

PATTIESPEARL

I WOULD TAKE IT IN A HEARTBEAT!

gingersnaps

years ago when I did my first quilt, I used double knit just made sq. because I didn't know anything else. I used a solid color double knit on the back. it was just a single quilt for my son he is now almost 30 and he still has the quilt, it has washed up great. no worn out places, which is surprising the way he treats it. and with dog/cats. nothing inside. I still like using them for lap quilts at nursing homes. because they don't take care when washing them. also good for camping etc.

margecam52

I'd take it...and use for picnic/sports event/charity quilts.
I use flannel and muslin for the backings, not a knit...but you could.

It's heavy, so a lightweight batting (I use flannel or the thinnest polyester I can get).

If it's more like a t-shirt knit...stabilize the material by applying a lightweight, non-woven fusible interfacing to the back of the fabrics to prevent stretching.

busygranny

I made 5 quilts out of double knit, Cut them in 7"sq and used corduray for backing with polester quilt batts. I made them back in the 70's when we had a trailer. Those things have held up like iron. My 2 boys used them all the way thru college in the dorm and now their kids use them for tents or to wrap in if the are cold. They will never wear out. My dil love them also if they take them to football games etc. Make quilts with the haul you are getting and they will last longer then you. I am serious. I will leaved this planet before they do. LOL!!!!

mshollysd

CaLL your local church that makes quilts for World Relief. My church loves them because some of the places the quilts go to, the quilt gets used for walls, or even a roof. They would love it. The cute ones go local. Polyester will last a couple of lifetimes for the world relief people. The quilts are so functional and the world relief people love them.

TXyankee

It would be a challenge. I like creative challenges, myself.

RugosaB

When I met my husband, in the last 70's, he had a quilt of 3" squares, and to this day, that thing is not worn out. It's heavy and warm, like you said
His Grandma made it, she backed it with a sheet.

But we're farther south in Ohio, almost to the Mi line

Maralyn

My church quilting group - that makes charity quilts - will not accept it, but there is another church in town that takes what we turn down.

A customer recently gave me three double knit quilts to finish with my longarm. All were queen size with a six inch squares pattern that she had sewn together by hand....whew. I was glad to be done with those.

Personally I wouldn't do one for myself.