Mixing cotton/polyester with all cotton??? and quilting on fleece

Hi Pati,

thanks for all the advice, I decided against the poly/cot mix fabric and
found a nice cotton.
I basted last night .. used a spray and did not use batting, just the top
and the fleece.. .so i'll just stitch in the ditch and maybe make a nice
border pattern for the outside but that's it. hopefully i'll finish it this
weekend


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"Pati Cook" wrote in message
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I wouldn't stipple quilt the fleece. It can stretch because it is a knit
fabric. But I have used it on a couple of quilts and love it. I didn't
use batting, just layered the top and the fleece, have to admit that I
spray basted. Then did some gently curving lines and it worked
wonderfully. Since there was no batting, there was no need to do a lot of
quilting. I my opinion, doing much quilting would cancel out a lot of the
softness of the fleece. Try a scrap with a lot of stitching on it and see
what happens.
As for the mix of the two types of fabrics. It depends on the percentage
of cotton in the blend. Remember that it will not press as flat, so you
will want to press toward the poly blend for a flatter seam. Also the
colorfastness may be different. (To avoid the puckers in the seam, use
"taut" sewing, hold the fabric layers firmly together, almost stretching
them, both in front and in back of the needle. Loosen the tension very
slightly, and use a slightly larger, sharp needle. Or use a very fine
thread with a smaller sharp needle. Check a sample to see which your
fabrics want. )

good luck with it,
Pati, in Phx

Michelle in NJ wrote:

Hi all..

Okay so i'm starting to put together a hug quilt and i found a beautiful
fabric that i would like to use for the sashing, but it's poly/cotton
blend.. and most of the blocks are all cotton... do you think it's okay to
use? should i wash it first? i'm afraid

Also.. i'd like to use fleece for the backing but i'm not sure how fleece
responds to quilting(stipling)... anyone have any experience with using
fleece as the backing?

That's the way I do it and it turns out great. The grand kid's and their
mom's love these fleece and tops quilts.
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"Michelle in NJ" wrote in message
...
Hi Pati,

thanks for all the advice, I decided against the poly/cot mix fabric and
found a nice cotton.
I basted last night .. used a spray and did not use batting, just the top
and the fleece.. .so i'll just stitch in the ditch and maybe make a nice
border pattern for the outside but that's it. hopefully i'll finish it
this weekend


--
Michelle in NJ
-------------------------------------------
http://michelle.absolutad.com/quilts/



"Pati Cook" wrote in message
link.net...
I wouldn't stipple quilt the fleece. It can stretch because it is a knit
fabric. But I have used it on a couple of quilts and love it. I didn't
use batting, just layered the top and the fleece, have to admit that I
spray basted. Then did some gently curving lines and it worked
wonderfully. Since there was no batting, there was no need to do a lot of
quilting. I my opinion, doing much quilting would cancel out a lot of the
softness of the fleece. Try a scrap with a lot of stitching on it and see
what happens.
As for the mix of the two types of fabrics. It depends on the percentage
of cotton in the blend. Remember that it will not press as flat, so you
will want to press toward the poly blend for a flatter seam. Also the
colorfastness may be different. (To avoid the puckers in the seam, use
"taut" sewing, hold the fabric layers firmly together, almost stretching
them, both in front and in back of the needle. Loosen the tension very
slightly, and use a slightly larger, sharp needle. Or use a very fine
thread with a smaller sharp needle. Check a sample to see which your
fabrics want. )

good luck with it,
Pati, in Phx

Michelle in NJ wrote:

Hi all..

Okay so i'm starting to put together a hug quilt and i found a beautiful
fabric that i would like to use for the sashing, but it's poly/cotton
blend.. and most of the blocks are all cotton... do you think it's okay
to use? should i wash it first? i'm afraid

Also.. i'd like to use fleece for the backing but i'm not sure how fleece
responds to quilting(stipling)... anyone have any experience with using
fleece as the backing?