carr

I'm making a flannel quilt. Flannel squares on top and flannel for backing. I might use thin batting inside. Do you think that is the right thing to do or will it be too hot and heavy?

KarenR

I use cotton batting and love the weight of it.

Rodney

Too hot and heavy depends on where you live and how warm you keep your house. I live in western Washington with cool wet winters and slightly less cool and wet summers. We keep our house heated in the low 60s during the cooler months so here I think it would be just about right. I'm in the process of gathering old men's flannel shirts for a quilt and I plan to make it like you describe. If you heat your house into the mid or high 70s, or live in a warmer climate, it could be on the warm side.
Rodney

AngeliaNR

I make quilts with flannel tops and backs. I use poly batting because I like the loft. Not too heavy for me at all, but I live in Missouri--not sure if it would be too warm for the south.

thimblebug6000

I have a nice cuddly quilt with flannel front and back and cotton batting, I LOVE it!

dunster

Is it a rag quilt? I use 3 layers of flannel in my rag quilts. That means more fabric to rag, and also I don't have to sew those x's through the blocks to keep the batting from shifting.

DogHouseMom

I like using a single layer of flannel as the batting. It's incredibly soft and "supple" ... absolutely no stiffness to it. And since it's a woven fabric you don't have to quilt it densely.

Note that you don't see the quilting much, this might be a bonus

GrannieAnnie

Depends on where it's headed. I'd take batting in mine, but it gets cold ehre.

Maggiemay

I made one just like that & it was just right - even for Southern CA.

Tartan

What size is it and are you quilting on your sewing machine? If it is really big, it might be hard to machine quilt it with flannel and batt. If it is small, I would do flannel and batt because I like quilts toasty warm.