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Quilting Flannel Batting?

I'm making a string quilt; strings are sewn to 10" muslin squares and the finished size will be about 95" x 105". I've sewn 36 blocks together and they are predictably heavy (I told DH it may be the perfect quilt--we'll never be able to get out of bed once we get under it!). I plan to use flannel as batting because of the weight (normally I'd use W & N) Questions: how closely does flannel need to be quilted? No fancy quilting here--just enough to hold it together for about ten years! Also, would some other batting be better?

TIA muchly.

Dogmom

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dogmom
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Howdy!

Do you mean as an actual batting, to place between your strippy top and another fabric backing? Or as a combination substitute for batting/backing? Otherwise you have the strippy top, the muslin liner, a layer of flannel batting and then the backing...? How heavy do you want this thing? In this case, the flannel would be enough w/ the top & muslin liner.

Btw, my strippy quilt tops don't have a foundation/liner, don't like foundation piecing; I just put them together like any other quilt top; so far it's worked for me (no brain: no worry!). IF I were using a batting w/ flannel (top &/or back) I'd choose Hobbs Thermore. How close to quilt? My standard is 2"-2 1/2" inches between quilting lines. YMMV

Good luck!

R/Sandy

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Sandy Ellison

If you're using flannel - not some type of batting - you need to quilt it just enough to hold all the layers together.

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Donna Aten

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