HELP, can cotton, cotton batting and polyester plush for backing be combines?
11-08-2010, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
I'm a compulsive prewasher -
Have you washed everything? or do you just hope for the best when you make things?
What is the length of the pile/plush?
Have you washed everything? or do you just hope for the best when you make things?
What is the length of the pile/plush?
11-08-2010, 06:50 AM
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Good question, I am thinking of doing more or less the same thing for a christmas present. I am pretty sure it will work, especially since I am using old uniforms for the top and they have been washed a lot. Adding this to my watched list to see what everyone else has to say. Your fabrics are beautiful!
11-08-2010, 06:53 AM
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I'm finishing a quilt I made with cotton on the top and fleece on the back - no batting at all. The fleece must be poly because - it did melt! Fortunately on the very edge when I was ironing a seam to make the backing large enough. I did prewash and love how snuggly it feels so ... hoping for the best. It's a snowman throw for my daughter's couch so won't be out year-long. I have a baby blanket that was a gift that is cotton on top and flannel on the back - it washes just fine.
Hopefully someone with more experience will answer also.
Hopefully someone with more experience will answer also.
11-08-2010, 06:59 AM
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Personally I would not use anything other than 100% cotton backing. The top and backing need to be 100% cotton so they will shrink the same. A polyester backing is going to stretch when machine quilted. Possibly causing the front to distort after washing. Usually someone that does not quilt does not understand the differences in fabrics and will request something they "like", not realizing its not applicable in the quilting process.
11-08-2010, 07:10 AM
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Frequently I read that people use polar fleece for backing on cotton fronts. They don't use batting as the fleece is quite warm. I've never made one, so I don't know about the quilting, but certainly tying it would be workable.
11-08-2010, 08:14 AM
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i've used fleece twice to back quilts.
the first time, i didn't add batting. it went well enough but the cotton top wouldn't cling to the fleece so i ended up with some puckers and tucks along the lines of quilting.
the second time, i added a very thin cotton batting. what a difference! the cotton top "stuck" nicely to the batting. the batting "stuck" to the fleece. it wasn't hard to work with at all and i had noooooooo puckers or tucks when it was done. :-)
if your worried it'll be too heavy or too warm, i'm convinced a nice flannel would work just as well as the batting did.
i don't prewash batting, but i've gotten into the habit of prewashing everything else.
the first time, i didn't add batting. it went well enough but the cotton top wouldn't cling to the fleece so i ended up with some puckers and tucks along the lines of quilting.
the second time, i added a very thin cotton batting. what a difference! the cotton top "stuck" nicely to the batting. the batting "stuck" to the fleece. it wasn't hard to work with at all and i had noooooooo puckers or tucks when it was done. :-)
if your worried it'll be too heavy or too warm, i'm convinced a nice flannel would work just as well as the batting did.
i don't prewash batting, but i've gotten into the habit of prewashing everything else.
11-08-2010, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by JanTx
I'm finishing a quilt I made with cotton on the top and fleece on the back - no batting at all. The fleece must be poly because - it did melt! Fortunately on the very edge when I was ironing a seam to make the backing large enough. I did prewash and love how snuggly it feels so ... hoping for the best. It's a snowman throw for my daughter's couch so won't be out year-long. I have a baby blanket that was a gift that is cotton on top and flannel on the back - it washes just fine.
Hopefully someone with more experience will answer also.
Hopefully someone with more experience will answer also.
11-08-2010, 10:25 AM
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certainly you can use the poly cuddly stuff for your backing...i do it all the time. i have never had any problems using minky or fleece to back a quilt. the quilt that lives on my bed has a Mariner's compass 100% cotton top/ dream wool batting/ and curly minky backing...all put together, quilted, bound and washed as is...it is a favorite quilt.. the kids call it the (get-naked) quilt because it's so soft and fuzzy! they turn out great...i've made 5 so far that way, the kids all like them cozy soft. some i've used warm & natural, some a poly batt, mine a wool batt...and one i used just a wide piece of flannel for the inside layer. all have turned out just fine with no special treatment, or prewashing.
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I am finally writing again. Been down sick with a bad cold but reading alot. The pictures I have sent before but will again. The fabric I will cut up the squares to use and the green will be utilized to go inbetween, probably will add some of the striped also. Problem? Can I use the polyplush throw as a backing? My daughter in law wants that for her couch to cuddle with but a quilt top and would also have 100 percent cotton batting in between with the cotton fabric on top. Should I wash it all before because of the Poly backing? I have never done one with a different fabric for a backing. Attached are the pics again of the front and the back would be cranberry poly that looks fine. Confused yet? BTW HAVE BEEN LOVING READING everything and seen all the fantastic work you all have been doing. WOW is my usual statement!
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