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    Old 10-30-2012, 06:27 AM
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    We have made a number of quilts with old jeans for charity quilts to go overseas. We use a light weight backing, a thin batting (just thick enough to pad the seams) and tied them with crochet cotton. From my experience sewing denim, you are in for a lot of broken needles if you try machine quilting over those thick seams.
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    Old 10-30-2012, 10:19 AM
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    try fleece as backing--soft and warm and no need for batting stich in the ditch press seams open this has worked for me your quilt it great !
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