I found a beautiful fleece remnant for baby,can I use this as backing with no batting for baby quilt?I live in south florida and am afraid it might be to warm. Thanks Jean

I have used fleece before on a baby quilt backing. The directions called for putting a iron on interfacing on the fleece. It will stretch out of shape if you don't use it. Good luck.

I have done it a few times. The fleece is a little stretchy so you have to be careful if you try to actually quilt it. I quilted one and tied the other. Even if it is too warm to wrap or cover the baby in it; they can still use it as a play mat on the floor. My most recent baby quilt was made just with that purpose in mind. It is denim & flannel--denim for the floor and flannel for the baby side. Her parents are slobs and I wanted a heavy duty baby quilt--LOL.

this puzzles me somewhat. I have several clothing items made of fleece, jackets, ponchos etc., I have never noticed stretching being a problem with those. I also used fleece as a backing on a lap quilt with no batting. It didn't stretch either, but I had quilted it in approx. 6 inch squares. My grandchildren have purchased throws that do seem to have a lot of stretch( sort of "minkie-like"). As there are any weights and types of fleece available, I think you would have to judge them separately.

It seems like it only stretches one direction. The quilt that I machine quilted did just fine until I was making the last X on it and it pulled a little. I don't know if I tugged on the quilt or had the tension too high on the pressure foot. The tied one didn't have any issues at all. And I just remembered a 3rd one I made that was machine quilted--it did not have the stretch issue either--I did stitch in a ditch on it--not X's so it may have had something to do with the diagonals.

I know that central and northern Florida got downright chilly the past two winters.

Oh Yeah!!! It was cold for a solid 3 months last winter. My heating bills are proof and I keep my heat at 68. It was awful.

I've made a ton of quilts using fleece on the backing. I never use batting and I live in the cold area. I've never had a single problem with stretching and I use a longarm machine to do the quilting. Go for it ... you'll love it and so will baby. OR you could also use minkee.

Good points

Thanks for all of your input,I think I will just go with regular backing and batting.I will finish edges of fleece and give it to kids in distress along with some other quilts.Thanks Jean

What about southern Florida? Down here in Naples we had three or four nights of freezing weather! Some neighborhoods close to the Gulf actually froze, which never happens. I'm used to the occasional freeze (we're 15 miles inland) but last year was a bear. I must have covered my plants five times. :evil:

But in true Florida fashion, I am LOVING this cool spell we're having this week. I feel human again.

As for fleece, fine for floor quilts, a little warm to use on baby, because they don't breathe. Cotton is a life saver here.

I live in Fort Lauderdale and it got very cold last year,kept the heat on a lot.I love Naples, we often go over there for week ends.