Ever Use Flannel for Batting?
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it's fine to use flannel for batting even if you were going to wash it-flannel makes a good batting. for wall hangings often you only need a center layer to help keep seam lines-threads from showing through- even a layer of muslin can be enough at times...just depends if you want to add any (depth) to the project when you quilt it.
#24
I use flannel for batting if I'm going to be doing heavy beading. I baste the top to the flannel, do the beading, and then add a back and bind it. So far my heavily beaded pieces have been quite small and I haven't needed to quilt them as the beading held it together well enough. When I made the quilt in the avatar, which is 39" square, the beading was a small part of it, so I used a standard thin poly batting, quilted, and then added the beading last.
#30
Originally Posted by Happy Tails
I use flannel for my placemats and table runners, works great (I buy al the receiving blankets at the thrift store and use those for the batting)
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