Originally Posted by
copycat
Thank you for your post and great job using your stash ! The baby will love the super soft minky backing.
I was racking my brain on what quilting question I was planning to post on the board when I read your thread...It was exactly what I was going to ask on the Quilt Board....If you make a quilt with a minky or plush fabric backing, what width binding should you use?? Can you tell me what width you used? Yours turned out great!!
I used a 2.5” strip for binding and that was plenty big enough. My error was making the seam allowance too wide when I sewed it on the quilt. I didn’t account for the extra thickness of the Minky. I normally use almost 3/8” for my seam allowance. I should have made it thinner by a couple of thread widths.