I add 4 inches of canvas to the top and bottom of the minky i use for my backing fabric. It makes it easy to pin to my leaders. This way I don't deal with the stretchiness of the minky. Works great! Oh and I only but the minky a total of 4 inches greater than the length of the quilt.
Originally Posted by
dunster
I don't know why anyone would add muslin to the top, however sometimes muslin is added to the backing to give more fabric to attach to the frame.