Using fleece as a quilt back
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- This is just a little video showing how it looks and sews when you use fleece as a quilt backer. Also, I am sewing it on my vintage sewmor sewing machine.
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Thank you. I’m making a throw for homeless and disadvantaged families using fleece and cotton. This has helped a lot. You didn’t mention about tension or stitch length but you have given me confidence to do a trial piece at least.
Why is mine pleating and bunching? What am I doing wrong?
Thank you!
You are so welcome!! 😊😊
Thank you! I would’ve sewed my backing on the wrong way!
Laura, thank you! I'm so glad this was helpful to you! 😊😙💟💞😊
if using silk with fleece back what needle would you use.
I've been hand stitching a rag/memory quilt from clothes my daughter out grew. I'm at the point to now add the batting which will be 2 fleece blankets. My goal is to make a quilt/weighted blanket. Needle I'm using is one I bought from a local beauty supply store along with carpet thread. This needle is extremely durable. Most women use this needle/thread for sewing wig caps.
For a silk / fleece combination I would use a size 14 sewing machine needle. Fleece isn't terrible to sew through, and silk is very fine. Silk on its own would be a size 11 sewing machine needle, but add in the fleece, and I would go up to a 14. If you are hand sewing, remember that often a very small fine needle will slip through fabric much easier than an industrial sized needle. For hand sewing, I would try a size 5/10 sharp, and if it was just silk or cotton, I would go with a size 9 sharp. Yes, the eyes are tiny, but you can use a needle threader & still get quilting thread through them. For hand stitching, I also recommend using either vintage English needles (brand names like Clinton, Coat of Arms, Woolco, Millards) or current Japanese needles. Once you use them, I guarantee you will be on the hunt ever after for more! 😊😙😊
The camera is too far away for us to see the stitching on the fleece
How did you do the binding for this quilt?
I'm so sorry, I just now saw this question ~ I just used 2.5" precut strips, and bound it same as any quilt ~ (1/4" seams, stitched right sides together, starting on the backside of the quilt, then fold 1/4" under, and bring binding to the front, and just machine stitch the front down, making sure that the seam edge is slightly different than the edge of the binding line in back. I like it just over, so that the stitch line doesn't show hardly at all. ) I hope that helps. 😊😊 I should do a little video showing that way of binding. It's a lot faster than handstitching. It doesn't look quite as great as hand stitched, but it doesn't look shoddy either.
@@redhed83402 Thank you very much! Did you pre-wash the material for the quilt top? I'd like to make several flannel baby quilts with fleece backing, but I'm afraid the flannel will shrink once washed, while the fleece won't.
@@LauraForty if you are using quilt quality cotton, then I wouldn't bother prewashing ~ however, flannel does tend to shrink a bit. Of course, if it does shrink, it will just give it more of that "vintage crumpled quilt" look that many quilters purposely try to attain.
@@LauraForty oh, and no I did not prewash my quilt top prior to stitching it down. I think you will be satisfied with a fleece and flannel combo without having to prewash.