two layers ...........what an idea :idea:

I made my daughter a photo quilt for her graduation from high school 10 years ago and she used it all years of college and shill uses it today and it has batting and a fleece backing. She likes the thickness of it and the warmth. It has held up well with washing as well. I think it is a personal preference as to which way to go but there are many options. I have heard that flannel shrinks considerably so use caution there.

I use fleece for backing on most of the kid quilts ...they request it ;actually so do the adults if its winter. This in my opinion, is the quilt to use turkey tracks or invisible tying on...seems to look the best on finished product :thumbup:

I've never tried to use fleece on a quilt. I don't have a lot of luck sewing with fleece anyway. Probably just me! What type of needles do you use in your machine? I've tried both sharp/universal and ball point needles and not much luck with either. I've mostly used my walking foot even when sewing garments but still not a whole lot of luck.

If you use batting too, it would be a very very warm and heavy quilt...so you may want to take that into consideration :wink:

You can bind it tradionally or wrap the fleece around to the front as the binding.

Thanks amma, I live in FL so I don't want it too heavy.

I use either a universal or quilting--whichever happens to be in the machine.I wonder if your tension is off? Are you close to a dealer--maybe they could give you some tips. I've sewn probably a hundred yards or more without any problems. I made 24 robes a few Christmases ago, all out of fleece and have made 3 or 4 more since then. I'm sorry that something that should be easy isn't. I back almost all of my children quilts with fleece--I make a lot of them.

Thanks Moreland, I just got my machine back from a servicing at the dealer but haven't tried sewing fleece since then. I will have to try those type of needles to see what happens.

Fleece backing sounds great for a quilt to snuggle under with the long Maine winter ahead.