Very Heavy quilt ??
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I am getting ready to start a Dear Jane quilt as soon as the software comes. I can remember when I was little I would go stay all night with grandmothers and friends grandmothers or other relatives and the quilts they had always seemed very heavy. I love that heavy quilt feeling when sleeping. The quilts I make today with poly or warm and natural do not have that very heavy feeling. Does anyone know what I can use to get that feeling? Do you think I could use a Double layer of batting?
Has anyone ever tried that ? (I am going to hand quilt)
Hope you dont think I am strange. LOL...
Has anyone ever tried that ? (I am going to hand quilt)
Hope you dont think I am strange. LOL...
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double warm and natural might work, but the key to those old quilts being heavy was the fabric...most of the time they pieced scraps onto old flour/sugar sacks and the backing was the same, bleached out flour/sugar sacks that were made of grid iron muslin! That fabric made for a heavy quilt!
and some times if up North they used old wool blankets for batting, and sometimes even another old quilt!
I have seen it all....
the only heavier quilt is denim/flannel or polyester from the 60's! yikes is it heavy..hehehe
and some times if up North they used old wool blankets for batting, and sometimes even another old quilt!
I have seen it all....
the only heavier quilt is denim/flannel or polyester from the 60's! yikes is it heavy..hehehe
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I remember well the weight of quilts when visiting my grandparents. Some winters I slept under 4-5 quilts. They were batted with cotton, most of the time the quilter made the batting as well. I can't remember hearing anyone talk about how they made them. Have any of you. I suspect the other materials were heavier as well.
You might get the 'feel' you are looking by using two battings or I believe there are heavier ones available.
You might get the 'feel' you are looking by using two battings or I believe there are heavier ones available.
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