Hi-

Just wondering, but I am wanting to make rag quilt as a gift and which fabric would be nicer for a backing? I realize there is a HUGE price difference between the 2. Is the minky a "heavier" fabric? I want the quilt to be of a nice weight. Also, if I use the minky, do I still need to put a piece of batting in-between the squares??

Thanks!

Minky is much heavier, and it is also more difficult to sew as it is stretchier than cotton. It does make a wonderful backing, though. I would not use batting as it may be too warm. :D:D:D

I wouldn't use minkee in a rag quilt. That stuff sheds like there's no tomorrow!! A friend does baby quilts with minkee and we all sew together on a regular basis. By the time she would get a top cut and sewn there would be minkee fluff every where!! I don't know if she put batting in the quilts but she mixed the minkee with flannel, chenille and cotton and then backed with either flannel or minkee. She used the cotton squares to embroider name and birthdate.

When you make a rag quilt, you clip the seam allowances, then wash, to get that fuzzy edge to each block. Since Minkee is a polyester fabric, it won't fuzz like cotton fabrics do.

I didn't even know what minkee is! Duh.

I would use flannel.

minkee is like fleece except it is fuzzy, kind of like the material a stuffed animal would be made out of.

Hope I explained that correctly, in my head I know what I mean. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Here is some info.

http://www.sewing.org/files/guidelin...ke_fabrics.pdf

Minkee is a very soft, plush polar fleece-type of fabric. It's great for backing a baby quilt or for making stuffed animals. The longer the pile of the Minkee, the more it will shed when you cut it.

minky makes a mess if you leave the edges raw. I would go with the flannel

minky does not fray/ chenelle like the flannel, the whole reason for raggy quilts, minkee makes great backs, being polyester it washes ok without any fading but it would not work out well for a raggy quilt, once the silky edge all washes away all you have it hard plain polyester edge sticking out not a soft chenelle edge

I made a rag quilt for my niece for Christmas and I really wanted to use minkee since it is dang soft. I would use it. But I wouldn't use it for just the back. I would add some pieces on the top and have some pieces on the bottom. Spread them out so you don't get a top and a bottom with minkee. They do not rag at all but they do feel and look nice. I used flannel and cotton as well with it. And I went ahead and added batting to everything. Even the pieces with the minkee.

what is minky?

minky is that super soft fuzzy like material. i use it mostly to make teddybears for babies. A little infor for you it burns hotter then all other fabrics.