Originally Posted by athenagwis
Okay so recently at a yard sale I got some really soft fleece for a great price. They are large pieces, so I was thinking of using a piece of one as batting for my Funky Chicken Quilt, but then I was thinking it might be kind of fun to use it as the backing without batting in between. i was planning on doing a rustic hand quilt, with bigger, but not too big, stitching with large pearl cotton thread. I am thinking that might look kind of neat on the fleece and it wouldn't make the quilt too heavy. I was thinking I would bind in the normal fashion. I want brutally honest opinions, especially if you have tried using fleece in this way.
Here is a pic of my quilt top before it was sewed if you are interested!
What a wonderful quilt! I hope you're keeping it for yourself. _:) _
I used fleece a couple of times for a quilt back. Works great but I'd advise washing the quilt top first, unless you've pre-washed your fabric, because the fleece will not shrink. I quilted using my domestic machine, regular weight thread, and the stitching sinks into the fleece and really isn't visible. Didn't bother me .... I only wanted the top stitching to be seen anyways. A fleece back will make it soft & cozy without being heavy. Have fun working with it!