I had no idea what chenille making was and had to go to You Tube to follow-up. One of the videos said to use 3 panels plus another layer then the backing. Various techniques were used: one used a spray basting on the panels matching up a reference point with a straight pin then later the 3 spray basted panels on the 4th layer then onto backing . Baste all 5 layers first then sew diagonal lines through all 5 layers. Using a chenille cutter, cut between the sewing lines being careful not to cut the backing. None of the videos so far mentioned the using batting in the 5 layers so I suppose after the chenille layer is made you could add batting and another backing.