She didn't get the weight from the batting, it doesn't add enough. She used weighted plastic pellets (like beads). As she added the batting, she would sew in p

She didn't get the weight from the batting, it doesn't add enough. She used weighted plastic pellets (like beads). As she added the batting, she would sew in pockets throughout the blanket and add in the pellets in a precisely measured way so that it would be evenly distributed.