summer quilt
#4
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I live in Florida and despite that I do not make 'summer' quilts - just quilts. I always use either an 80/20 cotton blend or an 80/20 wool blend. Cotton and wool both breathe. So they are appropriate for both warm and cool locations. Some people think of a 'summer' quilt as having no batting at all - just 2 layers of fabric (top and back).
#6
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We live in California, not on the coast. Up in the Sierra Nevadas. Summer is DRY. Wool in the dry summer heat feels scratchy against the skin. I love it in the winter, especially if it's a damp day. Don't know how it would work in the dry summer sandwiched in a quilt.
Is it to used as decoration on a bed? For a summer blanket?
Just this past Saturday, a lady was demonstrating a pieced tablecloth. She serged the seams and mitered the edge to fold back instead of binding. It was thin like most tablecloths and draped beautifully. No need for a backing. The seams were thin so that glasses didn't tip. I think this could be an answer for a pieced spred for summer.
Is it to used as decoration on a bed? For a summer blanket?
Just this past Saturday, a lady was demonstrating a pieced tablecloth. She serged the seams and mitered the edge to fold back instead of binding. It was thin like most tablecloths and draped beautifully. No need for a backing. The seams were thin so that glasses didn't tip. I think this could be an answer for a pieced spred for summer.
#8
I want to say theremore is the thinnest but keep in mind people use AC so regular cotton batting might be fine. I usually slee[ under my sheet and one quilt with cotton batting, I use the AC because southern ca can be in the hundreds sometimes and I am fine sleeping under my regular quilt with a thin cotton batting
#10
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Location: st. louis area
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My inlaws who have been quilting for ages don't use batting in summer quilts. I also have a few "old" quilts here where the batting has "vanished" due to washings/dryings/age and they still look great!
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