Originally Posted by tapper

I just checked Wiki. Scrolled down a bit and found some info about flannelette. Apparently, it's a napped cotton with the texture of flannel. Most of the flannelette I saw at the store was in the children's fabric section.
I wonder...could it be used in place of flannel? What do you think?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannel

Originally Posted by katesnanna

There certainly is a difference. Flannelette is much thinner than flannel. I made my DGK PJ but my DGD found them way too hot. Also there is a vast difference in cost. I remember asking not long after I started quilting what the difference was and got the answer about $28.00 a meter.

Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2

I remember Moda having some prints that were flannel on one side and cotton on the other about 10 years ago, mostly plaids if I remember correctly.

Originally Posted by Shelbie

To my way of thinking, flannel and flannelette are really the same kind of brushed cotton. Flannelette was always the cheaper, thinner, slightly more stretchy version and did not wash and wear as long. Flannel was more expensive, had a tighter weave and behaved better in quilts. Flannelette seemed to come more in plain colours and baby and child prints while flannel was a little more "grown up".