Cheap throws for batting

That's great advice about the batting spray Sunny and thank you all ladies for your encouragement, and the idea of using it as batting and backing all in one!. I just saw that price and thought wow, and they do plain white cotton fabric really cheap too and thought this could be a way of making quilts to give to everyone and anyone without having to budget for some much expense.

I'm doing a really nice quilt for my bed and one for my dad that I don't really want to be too warm so I'll use proper batting for those but for snugly lap quilts to give as gifts I'm hoping this will be perfect.

I always use fleece as a batting, and just bought two of those blue ones yesterday, euro 1,29 each........very good price.
It shows a little at the white parts, but I just put another layer of cotton in between, I'll use this to try in my scrappy quilt, so it is still a very cheap project. My goal was to make a quilt out of thing I had, so this is what I will use!

Love Ikea.....hahaha

My SIL is from Canada and her mom quilts and she uses older thin blankets all the time for the batting. I am going to IKEA now because I had never thought to look there...

Thank you all so much! Batting is expensive and I had no idea that one could use other things such as old towels, fleece, etc.
Kitty

In Australia I get them from KMart for $2.50. They are a little on the thin side but I have used it double thick on a floor blanket for a baby and it was the perfect thickness then.