Hi Tia Mary

I made some pillow cases recently, to match bed quilts. I decided they
needed quilting to give them strength, but I didn't want to use batting.
Instead, I just backed the top with some calico (muslin) and quilted through
that. It still gave the look of quilting and gave the needed stability, but
wasn't bulky or extra fluffy for the pillow. Then I just made the case/sham
up as normal.

HTH

--
Leigh
Perth, Western Australia
Real email is bearleigh at bigpond dot com

"Tia Mary wrote
So -- I hadn't actually thought about quilting the pillow & sham tops
but I
think I should. I would thknk that they wont get laundered as often as
the
quilt and I don't think I actually need to use my Warm & Natural batting
for
them. I was thinking of using flannel instead and wondered if anyone had
done
that before. Since flannel shrinks so much, I would pre-wash it. I like
the
look you get when you *don't* pre-wash the batting but flannel just seems
to
shrink more than the batting.
Any thought on using the flannel or should I try something else? The
thought of trying to deal with the batting in seam allowances and zipper
seams
does NOT make me happy -- LOLOL! CiaoMeow ^;;^