Originally Posted by PatriceJ

i've used fleece twice to back quilts.

the first time, i didn't add batting. it went well enough but the cotton top wouldn't cling to the fleece so i ended up with some puckers and tucks along the lines of quilting.

the second time, i added a very thin cotton batting. what a difference! the cotton top "stuck" nicely to the batting. the batting "stuck" to the fleece. it wasn't hard to work with at all and i had noooooooo puckers or tucks when it was done. :-)

if your worried it'll be too heavy or too warm, i'm convinced a nice flannel would work just as well as the batting did.

i don't prewash batting, but i've gotten into the habit of prewashing everything else.