mamagrande

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..

Cari-in-Oly

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

GEMRM

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.

meyert

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

yolajean

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.

recycler

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?

mamagrande

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