Comments on: Quilting with Old Blankets

By: Ellen Dormody

Ellen Dormody — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 00:20:53 +0000

I have made several quilts using satin bound blankets for the batting with great results. I am in the process of making another quilt but I will be using quilt as you with sashing this time. On my other quilts I used the blanket between the quilt top and the quilt back.

By: Monica

Monica — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:29:37 +0000

In reply to Susan. Love, love, love it. I remember making tie quilts with my grandma when we would go to her Cabin.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 22:36:28 +0000

In reply to Susan. I'm from Newfoundland , Too. I still have an old quilt my grandmother made of alternating wide strips of pink cotton and sturdy, pink floral curtain material applied to an old blanket. It's not fancy , but , you are right, that was how quilts were made back in the day. My grandmother was born in the 1890's and I'm 70, and it's been around as long as I can remember .

By: Jeannie LeFrancois

Jeannie LeFrancois — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 20:22:25 +0000

I was interested in how were wool fleece used in quilts when you just could tie or hand quilt a blanket. (Personally I can not see me hand quilting anything. But I have used wool pieces and been stitching the quilt fabric left overs to make a batting, but what did they do with loose batting?

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 24 May 2023 22:30:43 +0000

I have an old quilt from the 1930's that was my grandmother's. In lieu of batting, it has a blanket. There have been no problem

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sun, 14 May 2023 14:27:27 +0000

In reply to Susan. I love this idea! Thanks for sharing your quilting stories from Newfoundland. I appreciate learning about my heritage from Newfoundland.

By: Leha Carpenter

Leha Carpenter — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 22:09:06 +0000

My grandmother made us crazy quilts in the 1960s using cotton thermal blankets instead of batting. They were the perfect lightweight quilts for the California climate, and had a soft, wide satin binding around the edges in pretty olive green to match the thermal undersides. I remember that when I hid underneath my quilt I could see the light shining through all of the colors of the fabrics because of the open weave of the thermal backing. Wish I still had that quilt. Thinking of trying to reproduce it was what led me here…

By: Ann

Ann — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 12:20:26 +0000

In reply to Gillian French. Great idea and Momento, and useful without a lot of wear and tear. You can make several foot warmers from 1 quilt too. Wonderful family presents too.

By: Connie

Connie — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:26:24 +0000

In reply to KAREN. This blanket with foam and netting for inside should be taken off market. It ruins your washer and if used in quilts is awful when falls into pieces and piles in places in the quilt.

By: Linda

Linda — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 14:11:10 +0000

I use blankets to back my T-shirt blankets. I do not use any batting because it makes them too heavy.