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quilt queen 11-30-2010 07:18 AM

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.

pjwhalen145 11-30-2010 11:03 AM

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.

ann clare 11-30-2010 01:54 PM

I do not put backing with fleece.

Candace 11-30-2010 02:27 PM

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!

Maureen 11-30-2010 03:06 PM

Is that cotton on top and flannel on the back? Or flannel in the middle?

Candace 11-30-2010 03:48 PM

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.

Maureen 11-30-2010 04:37 PM

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.

katcincinnati 11-30-2010 08:18 PM

I was going to use fleece as batting and then a cotton back. Will that work?

FabricHappy 11-30-2010 08:33 PM


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

rocklady 12-01-2010 07:18 AM

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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