bearrynice

I have used fleece for the front of a baby quilt and am working on one right now, and I decided to back it with fleece this time. Well, it is too bulky for free motion quilting. My Juki TL-98Q won't stitch on it, and I had a hard time too with doing some stitching on the front.

I have usually used flannel for the backing one ones I have made before, and never had a problem, but this time I couldn't even get the stitching on the front piece. Maybe the fleece is woven different, I don't know, tired everything with the machine and even tried my Viking, the thread kept breaking and the machines were skipping stitches. So who knows, every piece of fabric is different.

So this quilt I am tying off instead of quilting.

Good luck on your endeavors

moreland

I use fleece all the time and have had no problems, however, I do anchor well with spray basting and I do a minimum amount of quilting (machine). The fleece sticks to the top, it stays the same size through many washings, so I feel I only need to anchor it. I use a decorative stitch (one of the "connector" stitches) that stitches back and forth. On my Bernina Activa 130 it is stitch "18". On my
Elna 6600 it is "074". I have done dozens of these quilts in all sizes from twin bed to baby quilts and have had no problem. It is such an easy way to finish quilts, I hope you can get it to work for you, too. I do have better success with my Bernina than with the Elna--I am using the walking foot with both. The Bernina just seems to move the quilt through/under the foot better. Since I have the luxury of having a choice, I am blessed.
I do my quilting from the fabric side--fleece on the bottom. I leave my feed dogs up, BUT I am doing straight line quilting. I generally do not use any batting, but I do use the heavier fleece when possible. Some of the fleece is too thin to use without batting.

katcox

I made quilts for two gkids in Ca. used long arm turned out just beautiful I was very happy with them and so was my daughter. She prefered the one with no batting,one was cotton and batting and minky and the other one was flannal and minky. I had bought minky at the local store and I got back to the shop and it looked terrible compared to the one I got from fabric.com their minky is the best I've found . and no I don't work there.

JoantheQuilter

I just finished a large quilt for my grandson using flannel on the top, thin polyester for the batting, and a high grade fleece for the back. I pinned it heavily, every two-three inches, and quilted it lightly. It worked very well using the walking foot.

Cuilteanna

I don't usually have any trouble with fleece on the back, but one particular fleece I tried was stretchy and saggy and altogether useless! I always use my walking foot and straight stitching anchors it all pretty well before any free motion work.

unkin123

I have used fleece as backing. I spray the fleece with temporary adhesive before adding the quilt top. Then machine quilt. Has worked out well for me.

pennylynne

I have used fleece and it turns out really nice. The trick with the long arm is don't over tighten it or it will bunch up the cotton part when you take it off after it's quilted. I have also used minkie, once with great success and once with horrible success.

barrelracer86

I watch for the sales on those little cheapy throws that are really cheap to begin with and a lot of them are now 1/2 price after Christmas. I have a whole stash of them and use them for backings on baby quilts and petbeds. I just load them like my regular back in my short arm machine and off I go.

Angelmerritt

I made some quick quilts for my toddler boys that had no batting and fleece backing. I was going to tie it but got too lazy and used the button stitch on my machine and randomly tacked the fleece to the quilt top. These quilts get tons of use and washed all the time. I've had one seam pop open (one was pulling the other one on their "quilt sled"). They are super warm and lay nice and flat.

IowaStitcher

I have successfully used fleece on the back of baby quilts and throws. I pin it thoroughly and don't do a lot of quilting. Have done both some free motion and used a walking foot. Not always perfect but not a disaster either. I like the fact is doesn't slide off the 'wearer' and doesn't require another layer of batting.