fleece fabric
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I was in maryland at a fabric store and the lady cutting fabric said she uses fleece on the back of her quilts. Have any of you done that? if so, is it hard to sew with a cotton fabric on top?
#4
I have used fleece quite a few times for the backing. I made t shirt quilts for my son and some of his fraternity brothers and it worked great. Also for baby quilts. I had better luck free motion quilting it. I didn't get as much distortion.
#6
I have used the more "luxurious" minke fleece and the "bumpy/dotty" minke quite a few times.
I do the sandwich in the garage where I can get as much air flow as possible (I was taught to do this or the fumes can explode). I spray baste it first and then pin baste it.
Kids and adults love the fleece backing on a quilt that is going to be used and loved because it feels so soft. The fleece also helps it to stay on and not slide off of you or the bed or whatever.
I do the sandwich in the garage where I can get as much air flow as possible (I was taught to do this or the fumes can explode). I spray baste it first and then pin baste it.
Kids and adults love the fleece backing on a quilt that is going to be used and loved because it feels so soft. The fleece also helps it to stay on and not slide off of you or the bed or whatever.
#7
We have used fleece for the back on one quilt. My FIL takes dialysis three times per week and is always cold while he is there and just after he leaves. We have done a quilt for him (not bound yet) that used fleece as the back, and also has a layer of batting in the middle. It quilted beautifully. The great thing was I pulled almost NO LINT out of the bobbin area of the quilter. I suspect all the lint got imbedded in the fleece as I was quilting.
The quilt is amazingly warm. My wife put it over me one night when I had fallen asleep on the couch and I woke up sweating.
We will definitely use fleece again.
We hope to finish the quilt soon and will post pictures then.
Darren
The quilt is amazingly warm. My wife put it over me one night when I had fallen asleep on the couch and I woke up sweating.
We will definitely use fleece again.
We hope to finish the quilt soon and will post pictures then.
Darren
#9
There is an article in the new issue of Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting magazine about making quilts for our troops in Afghanistan. Some of the guys were tall and their sleeping bags were too short. 72" x 90" flannel quilts were made with fleece backing for extra warmth.
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