I am sewing a fleece blanket for my sister in law for her sister. I am appliqueing a big puppy that I drew out and used fabric print of different colored stars. It was hard to sew the applique on the fleece and it was hard to sew on the fleece as it stretched a lot. So it wouldn't stretch I put the fleece in heavy starch and then dried the fleece in the dryer and it worked great to keep the fleece from stretching much. When I get it finished I will wash the starch out.