Tartan

​Who knew? Shannon fabrics, a whole site for plush fabrics.

Geta

I used fleece on the back of a quilt (and also batting). I quilted the layers with free motion but I was able to stitch only from top to bottom (the other ways the thread kept breaking). The quilt did not distort at all. It was not my best experiment but I loved how soft and warm the quilt was.

pinecone

I have only used to on my granddaughter's quilt as a border. No problems but took it outside after cutting to shake off the fuzzies. I call it illegally soft.

piney

Shadowirish

http://www.sew-much-ado.com/2012/02/...ky-fabric.html
this site has some good tips for sewing with minky!

mimiknoxtaylor

Shadowirish, Thank you so much for the link to Sew Much Ado.
Just looked at the tips & think "maybe I can do this".

mimiknoxtaylor

When you use the spray adhesive, are you actually spraying the right side of the minky? Does it separate easily without distorting the fabric?
Shanon Fabrics as a great selection of minky but I didn't see any tips for sewing it. A nice selection of free patterns too.

pinecone

You would be spraying the back side of the Minkee.

PlanoDebbie

I've not made any large quilts with Minkee, nor done any on my Longarm. I have made several 40" X 55" quilts using blocks of Minkee fleece.

Two things I've learned with Minkee:

1) You will be sneezing fluff out of your nose for several days after cutting several blocks of Minkee.

2) When piecing together blocks of Minkee, put safety pins about an inch or two in from the two stretchy sides. That way when you are piecing the blocks together, you can make sure that you never stitch 2 stretchy sides together.

I've made about 5 quilts like this and they've all turned out pretty cute. Each of them were quilted on my DSM using the SITD method. It's really a great way to show off a large cotton fabric on one side and several coordinating blocks of Minkee on the other side.

BeckySt

I have an awesome book, I will go in sewing room in morning and get details, I seen some of her quilts and they are spectacular.

BeckySt

The book is called Minky Quilt Success, Quilting Outside the Box with Billie Veerkamp. If you are interested in book and you can't find it, a friend of mine is friends with her and I can get her number so you could order it.