Quilting with Minkee?
 

I have made several quilts with Minkee and have had to put the top as a backing and floated the minkee because the Minkee streaches. What do you find works best for you..

I've only made one quilt with minky backing but here's what I did - my backing was just barely bigger than my top so I heavily thread basted it to the top and sewed a muslin strip around the perimeter of the quilt. I loaded it on my long arm like that so there would be no stretching or bunching. It quilted up just fine and after I was done I cut off the muslin when I trimmed it up.

Cari

I had no problem quilting a top using minkee as the backing, and the minkee was mounted as the backing when I quilted. The minkee I had did not stretch both ways, and by mounting it with the stretchy part running east-west, the north-south orientation of fabric didn't distort. It quilted up quite well. I used my side clamps to gently hold the edges stable but not stretched.

I have used minkee on several quilts and I don't recall having any problems. I am talking quilting on my domestic machine I don't have a long arm

I have used Minky and love it, however, I spray baste my quilts to the backing and have not had any stretching issues doing it this way. I use Sullivan's Quilt Spray.

i am glad to hear this! I am working on a quilt right now with the Minky backing and the Minky seems to have a mind of its own! Do you spray baste?

Great ideas, about the placement of the grain, and also the spray baste..I have the spray, why not use it..Thank you all.