Using Polar fleece for a backing
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Using Polar fleece for a backing
I am making a personalized Doxie quilt for a good friend and I'm ready to batt, back and bind. I have some fleece and was wondering if that makes a good backing with a cotton quilted front? If you use fleece do you also need to use a batting? Any help is appreciated. Thanks
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when i use fleece, it's because i don't want both backing and batting...half my family lives in southern cal and arizona, so it's the perfect weight for them... i cut 1/5" strips of fleece for the binding, attach the back to the front with whatever i'm doing ...quilting, tying, bar-tacking, etc., and then bind by just folding the strips in half and top stitching thru all... it is strong, wears forever, is easy to do as it does not ravel so it does not have to be double folded at all... and it looks really nice with wavy or decorative rotary cuts...
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i've backed many many quilts with fleece and minkee---it is a personal choice whether or not to use batting- some people like heavy-warm quilts-some people like them a little lighter weight-
the fleece is pretty warm.
i've done both ways---i like them with batting myself-
you said-back, batt, binding---you do still need to quilt it before binding-
fleece quilts beautifully...but does have some stretch=it is important to smooth it without stretching it....or your quilt will become (wonky)
if you do not use batting you can just tie your quilt instead of quilting it- personally i like them quilted-they just quilt beautifully- the fleece really *enhances* the quilting design.
the fleece is pretty warm.
i've done both ways---i like them with batting myself-
you said-back, batt, binding---you do still need to quilt it before binding-
fleece quilts beautifully...but does have some stretch=it is important to smooth it without stretching it....or your quilt will become (wonky)
if you do not use batting you can just tie your quilt instead of quilting it- personally i like them quilted-they just quilt beautifully- the fleece really *enhances* the quilting design.
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Personally, I love fleece as backing/batting...all in one. As ckcowl said, it quilts beautifully, and what is even better, I can usually put the top and back together myself. With three layers I always need help.
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Thanks for all the replies. I still am not sure just what I am going to do. I just got the fleece out again and found out it is not nearly as wide as the last fleece I worked with, so I am back to piecing one way or the other.
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