Fleece for a quilt back
I haven't done this before but I've been considering it for my current top. Baby blanket of quilted sail boats on the front, and Daddy is a big Seahawk fan so I have a piece of team fleece for the back. Yesterday I saw a darling fabric (on sale even) to make a traditional back so as usual I am second guessing myself.
I'm not planning on using any batting, just the fleece. I'll probably use a rather large meander for the quilting design or maybe the clam shell all over design. Have any of you done this? Any opinions/things to report? I was going to bind it standard fashion but it occurred to me last night that I could probably just fold over the fleece to the front and zigzag down the raw edge. Always grateful for the input! |
Yes, I've made a couple of quilts with just fleece for the back. They turn our really nice, very soft. One of the quilts was a t-shirt quilt so with the stiffer t-shirts on the front, I thought the fleece would make the overall quilt more pliable. Success! I did my binding just like a regular quilt/back.
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My last quilts for babys or little children are all made with fleece as backing: but I too use a light batting between top and backing! In my opinion the quilts feel better, cuddlier, softer...
And my advice: my quilting is not so dense so that the quilt remains soft and cuddly! If a picture is allowed I can show some of mine! |
I've made several quilts with fleece backs. Some I did with traditional binding and some I just folded the fleece to the front and stitched it down. Either way works just fine.
Cari |
Pictures, show pictures!
I was concerned that even a thin batt would make it too thick but I'm also concerned that no batting will just make it flat, and I know I don't need/want to quilt it heavily. I just got done making the sail boats themselves. Think I will go with the fleece since (a) I already bought it and (b) I designed the quilt to fit the width of the fleece. So I still will put on some more "sky" (top and sides) and each block will have a different ocean print (bottom). Then I have some "foot prints in the sand" fabric to use for sashing. If I go with the traditional back, it will be too wide for one width of fabric (unless I don't add the sky). |
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This is the front.... [ATTACH=CONFIG]601710[/ATTACH] ... and the back with fleece and little quilting! [ATTACH=CONFIG]601711[/ATTACH] This is a panel for a baby quilt.... [ATTACH=CONFIG]601712[/ATTACH] ... and the fleece backing! I love fleece as backing! [ATTACH=CONFIG]601715[/ATTACH] this quilt I made for my "car crazy" grandson and I found a fleece with cars for the backing! [ATTACH=CONFIG]601716[/ATTACH] |
Thanks for the pictures front and back, I'm reconsidering using batting because I really like the look of your projects!
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I made my granddaughter a quilt to carry to football games when she played in the band. She wanted it to be very warm so I put fleece on the the back with a layer of batting in the middle. It was very warm. It quilted up very nice, she loved it.
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I don't use fleece, no room to store it. I use a hi-loft polyester batting. I make donation quilts, everything bought and paid for by me.
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All of my cuddle quilts have fleece backings. Very easy to sew and I like how the quilting comes thru. My family and friends love the softness.
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