I use the white fleece for quilt batting, placemats insides, purse lining, etc. and it's wonderful! It washes so well and is generally cheaper than batting. I have tried the polar type fleece and the problem is that it stretches too much with a cotton/pieced quilted top. That's been my experience.

I'm talking about polar fleece. The kind you can get with all different colors and themes.

:?: What is the difference between Polar fleece and regular fleece? I just finished my sons LC quilt. I used fleece for the batting I washed in at a commerical laundry, it turned out great. Too heavy for me but he really likes it. I also did a quilt for my DGD that has a cotton top, fleece batting and flannel backing. She loves it. I may try just using the quilt top and the fleece to see how that goes. The drape on each of the quilts is very good. Some people like heavy quilts some light quilts. I recently purchased some very thin fleece blankets (75cents on 95%off sale) I washed them in very hot water and they turned out fine. I plan to use two together as batting. Of course I will make sure that they are put together as one. I'll let you all know how it turns out. BrendaK

I repaired an old quilt and found it interesting what all was used for batting in that one quilt -- including velveteen, flannel sheets, corduroy.

Same here! I have family that lives in Northern Alaska and I send them denim quilts using fleece batting and flannel backing. It is pretty thick (which is what they need in the winters) but my Viking Sapphire has a fabric thickness sensor on it so it really helps.

I have made several like this--for others in the family. They say they really like them. In fact I usually wait until the fleece blankets go on sale and buy them for the back of my quilt top. It has worked for me.

My personal favorite quilt is a pieced top with fleece batting. Washes great, quilted great. Made one for my friend during chemo with batting and fleece backing. Loved it. Super warm for her. I use fleece often with no problem. One of my favorite quilts is 2 layers of fleece with a pieced front and machine quilting. The quilting shows up really well on it.

I don't see any reason not to use polar fleece, just preshrink it first.

I agree. For a show quilt I would use the batting. I always buy my batting when its on sale. I had a guy at work give me 3 very large bags of batting that was used as snow in his daughters wedding. I have one bag left. I have used it in rags quilts mostly.

I love using flannel for batt but haven't tried fleece. I would definitely use it as backing ...

gonna read more responses to see what others are saying.