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I love making quilts with fleece backing. I don't use batting and use cotton binding...also FMQ it.

It sounds like a good idea to back with fleese. Do you quilt them yourself? Do the quilters have trouble quilting them?

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Originally Posted by MrsMoe4487

When you back a quilt with fleece do you put batting in the middle or just do the fleece?

I just made two quits with fleece backing, I like to put a flannel piece between the top and the fleece. With the fleece only it seems to thin to me. Mine came out great, one was the 3 D pinwheel and one was called monkey business, the pattern looked like those toy monkies that you can hook together and make a chain. I wish I could send pictures but I can't. :cry:
MNM

I have used the fleece by itself. No batting. It seemed to be just fine and not too heavy.

But how you quilt them?

I've used an old fleece throw as batting with a regular cotton back. It is super warm. I don't think I'd use batting if I were backing in fleece, it would be too heavy/hot...even with our Canadian winters! lol

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Originally Posted by quilterella

My DGD is in the middle of her first quilt (age 15), and she always complains she is cold, so I thought about backing her quilt with fleece. It will be a generous double sized when finished. My question is, do you prewash the fleece, the top is 100% cotton not prewashed, and can you use fleece on something that big?

My sons had also requested fleece for warmth, I used it on their star quilts that I made them in queen size. I used 80/20 batting and yes it is heavy and warm (but that is what my boys wanted). Fleece I did not prewash, since it does not shrink.
We had no problems quilting it, we used a long arm

I made one (so far) and just used the fleece. Turned out great!

All the ways to quilt mostly work with fleece ...depends on what the quilt will be used for. I have made tons with a fleece backing. Sometimes, just the fleece, no batting (my preferred method). You can quilt these pretty far apart, so they are soft and hugable and they last for years and years. Sometimes, I fold the fleece over the front and stitch it down with something like a zig zag or feather stitch for the binding. Sometimes I bind with a french fold cotton binding.

If you machine quilt with a long arm, a thin batting helps stablize it. I don't like that type of machine quilting as well because fleece must be stretched somewhat to put it on the frame, which makes it pucker too much for my taste. But some customers want it that way.

Have also used it as the back to rag quilts.

Just have to remember that there is a front and a back to fleece and get them right and also one way stretches more than the other. Make sure to position it correctly. Spray baste is wonderful for fleece.

Good luck!

I have done quite a few with fleece for my charity quilts and they wash and wear well no batting necessary,