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    Old 11-30-2010, 07:18 AM
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    Help!!! this is probably a silly question, but I have been told there are no silly questions..I want to make fleece quilts for my grandkids, fleece panels..will it be tricky to bind the two panels together? I don't want to tie around the edges, as the panels are not very big and I want to make it as large as I can.Is it possible to add fleece to the side and ends of the panel to make it bigger or will it pucker..As you can tell I am new to fleece, but my grandkids love the feel.thanks so much for any input you can send.
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    Old 11-30-2010, 11:03 AM
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    I have made several cotton top quilts with fleece backing, no batting, the fleece is warm enough. I quilt them and use cotton binding. They are warm without the weight.
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    Old 11-30-2010, 01:54 PM
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    I do not put backing with fleece.
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    Old 11-30-2010, 02:27 PM
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    I probably would never use fleece as a backing unless I had a longarm. Otherwise I could see it shifting, stretching and making a mess. I do great with cotton and flannel quilts. No need to re-invent the wheel at my house!
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    Old 11-30-2010, 03:06 PM
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    Is that cotton on top and flannel on the back? Or flannel in the middle?
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    Old 11-30-2010, 03:48 PM
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    If the question is directed to me...I don't mix cotton with flannels. I make all flannel quilts or all cotton quilts. I've not seen a need to mix them. Of course, I live in CA where our weather is very mild.
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    Old 11-30-2010, 04:37 PM
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    Oh, I see. We live in the Northeast where the temps can go into the minus 20 range quickly so flannel and fleece is what we use.
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    Old 11-30-2010, 08:18 PM
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    I was going to use fleece as batting and then a cotton back. Will that work?
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    Old 11-30-2010, 08:33 PM
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    Originally Posted by pam7858
    Originally Posted by MrsMoe4487
    When you back a quilt with fleece do you put batting in the middle or just do the fleece?
    I do lots of t shirt quilts with fleece backing. I just use flannel in between. Adds some body but not a lot of weight. Washes just fine with t shirts ancotton fabric in front, a layer of flannel, and then fleece backing.
    :lol: You answered my question for me; would this work for a T-shirt quilt? Thank you! Now I can charge forth full steam ahead without fretting so much! :lol: :-P
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    Old 12-01-2010, 07:18 AM
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    I've been wondering about all this too. I've wanted to just use the fleece as batting. I'm not happy with what I have been using. Now I will have the courage to try it.
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