grann of 6

Light quilting. I like using my embroidery machine to just do a motif in each square, or even SID. If you quilt them too densely you lose the fluffy cuddly feeling.

nwm50

someone was reading my mind! I was wondering about using fleece with cotton, flannel with fleece, etc.
But how about 3 layers of flannel ? Front is breast cancer ribbon ,the batting is light pink and the backing dark pink..will this work? Wondering about the uneveness or wrinkling happening?

kat13

I had a problem when I used a military fleece panel without batting, when FMQing my stitches would turn yellow..took me awhile to realize that it happened when I stitched over the yellow parts of the panel...odd! Other than that it was so easy to work with and stitch.

King's Daughter

I just made my first quilt with fleece backing, and no batting, a 50x60" in the Warm Wishes pattern for my little GD. I machine quilted with a longer stitch, diagonally through the solid squares only (not the rail fence squares), and it turned out really well, seems like just the right amount of quilting. Haven't decided yet on a binding, will probably be a cotton one.

hheelleenn

I almost always use flannel for my backing and always use batting but vary the thickness. Bind as usual either with cotton or flannel

MrsMoe4487

Thank you all so much!!
I decided to not use batting in the middle (it's just a lap quilt for my grandma) so it didn't need to be super warm. And I was wondering about the binding today to so thanks again! I think I might just go with cotton..since I have extra fabric. And I might do stitch in the ditch and FM quilting...so we'll see how it turns out! But I change my mind all the time...and I don't want it to loose the softness with too much quilting.

And I'm new to spray basting...but I decided to try that and I love it!!

BizyStitches

I've used fleece many times, sometimes with batting and sometimes without. Depending to what state I was sending the quilt to (weather). I use minke (cuddle) a lot too, makes for a cozy quilt.

Lucio

I have used fleece without batting to back a pieced quilt top. Even though I used my walking foot the fleece stretched and I had tucks on the fleece back. I have had greater sucess fusing the thinnest fusable interfacing to the wrong side of the fleece before pinning and quilting. I would also recommend this process when using "minky"

dyer804

Very cute quilts!

pam7858

I do lots of t shirt quilts with fleece backing. I just use flannel in between. Adds some body but not a lot of weight. Washes just fine with t shirts ancotton fabric in front, a layer of flannel, and then fleece backing.