tessagin

I bought some flannel the other day and measured prior to. After washing it only shrunk about 1/2" total. BUT I have never had flannel pill like this did. Feel like I'm going to have to take the clippers to it. oh well.

ManiacQuilter2

As written above. make sure your flannel has shrunk as much as it will. Quilting is to keep the fabric and the backing together as one unit. I would quilt a little closer than 8".

Farm Quilter

I would wash and dry the quilt in a dryer before gifting it. Minky doesn't shrink at all (poly), flannel usually shrinks quite a bit and cottons all shrink differently too. You may end up with lots of crinkle in the Minky with less on the cotton. This is one of the reasons I prefer to work with fabrics that have been washed. Please take pictures of the quilt after it is washed and show us the results.

Tessb

Citruscountyquilter,
So you could do a loose meander when you quilt the flannel batting and minky backing? That would work or should it be a tight meander? Thanks in advance.

MiniatureQuilts

I have not tried Minky in a quilt since Minky fabric does stretch; I would probably experiment with a small project before cutting into the good fabric

KalamaQuilts

this thread is 10 years old, we'll probably never get to see the quilt. Am guess it was a hot mess

dpendleton

TessB, are you quilting on a long-arm or a domestic machine? Mini quilt, lap quilt or bed-sized?

I only ask because I layered my Twin size quilt top with flannel and Minky and it weighed a lot. So heavy and difficult to maneuver. I described it in another thread as trying to drag two dead bodies over my shoulders and feed it through my sewing machine. Yikes.

Onebyone

I have used flannel and batting together as batting. Talk about no need for basting! The quilt sandwich stays together like magnets.