Why don't you just hem the edges on the fleece. Everyone that I given a throw using this method loves it. Quick and easy project.

Thank you everyone for your great replies.

Sewgull, we may well do just the edges as you suggested. We usually make bed sized quilts but no reason not to put a throw in there too.

Sherry, pillowcase style (as our group calls it) is when you sew the layers with front and back right sides facing and the batting on one side. Sew around the edges but leave an opening at one end. Then you turn the whole thing inside out through the opening. Sew up the opening and you then have the layers in the right order with no need for binding. In our group we then sew around the edges for extra stability. We then tie the quilts.

I did a pieced quilt top with a fleece backing by special request for a niece (on my standard sewing machine). I used no batting, and bound the quilt with traditional machine stitched binding. It was okay, but I prefer working with cotton backing.

when I took my Feather BootCamp class, I loaded 2 layers of fleece and quilted it up. After I had filled in , I cut fringe on the edges. it was for my son's GF and she loved it. The colors don't show up the same, but its the same throw. I loved quilting this!

How pretty Soccertxi. A wonderful gift!

Esther

If you are tying the fleece to a pieced top, how far apart do you tie the ties?

Depends on your batting. Some have to be secured/quilted closer together than others.

It does stretch.

It is cuddly

Is it the type that is going to pill quickly.

I am the local coordinator for Project Linus and get a lot of quilts that are backed with fleece. Our local hospitals don't like "tied" quilts but others don't mind as it is the perfect way of doing fleece backed quilts as it does stretch and wrinkle something terrible.

Yes, besure to leave the batting out. I find many people really like this type of quilts. I just made two for my little girls out of fleece and flannel. I machine quilted and then bound it like a regular quilt.