Originally Posted by Kryssa
I'm working on a quilt for my younger brother, who is starting college in the fall. I have made almost all my quilts with Warm & Natural, but he says he wants something heavier.
Do you guys have any recommendations? It needs to be something that will hold up to heavy use and machine washing.
Fleece makes a MUCH heavier quilt. I use spray basting on all my quilts now, and it's especially good to keep the fleece from stretching when machine quilting. I wouldn't try to hand quilt fleece. I make the backing big enough to pin it over the top edges so it won't catch on anything and come un-basted.
When I use fleece, I consider it to be both batting and backing. Just 2 layers - top and fleece.