Since inquiring minds want to know, I use Number 10 Crochet Cotton that's 100% cotton. I WANT this to shrink when I wash the quilt in warm water because that will tighten the knots and they will never come out or untie themselves. I also make sure I tie a good Square Knot (Left over Right; Right over Left) and I tie it TIGHTLY.
This is the same stuff your grandmother used to make those crocheted doilies. At least mine did.
This is the way my grandmother made quilts, tied, with no batting. We took them everywhere - to the beach or the lake where they were a lot more comfortable to lie on when wet than an itchy blanket. We took them to the park for picnics and to the fireworks. We used them to make forts over the dining room table on cold winter days or when we were bored. We used them to wrap my mother's paintings when carting them to one show or another. They were utilitarian in every sense of the word. We threw them in the wash when we got home. They washed like a dream.
And of course we slept under them. They are indeed, excellent in summer.
They were never considered "precious." My grandmother stopped making them in the 80's, but they have endured. Several of my relatives have since asked me if they could be repaired or fixed, as they have mostly worn out. My grandmother would be aghast to see them now, ratty and worn, given places of honor at the end of beds, on display. She would have thrown them out, and that is what I recommend.
My relatives are horrified.
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