blocks from fleece for quilt

I made one. From scraps. Just leftovers I somehow came upon from a factory that made robes, I think. No special technique, just squares stitched together - no backing, no batting, no binding. No pictures either. Not a chance that I could get it away from the great-grandchildren and grand dogs. It leads a hard life and is much loved. Ummm. . . it seems like I backstitched at the beginning and ending of every stitching so it would be sturdy. It is. Just go for it, k. Polly

Polly, Thank you for answering! Your quilt sounds like very much a hit! Do the seams disappear into the "fluff"? I was curious because you said no backing, no binding. Did the seams "rag" or look "wavey?"

I have made a couple all fleece, pieced quilts. I don't have photos but they work out pretty well. You can't be too insistent on perfect corners... the stuff shifts a bit, but it looks good. I sewed both. Whatever thread I had. I think the default stitch is 2.2 and that's what I used.

My suggestion is that you should keep the quilting simple. That beast will be heavy and hard to handle.

I made what would have been a gorgeous yellow brick road quilt from a bunch of different fleece prints and solids. He saw it laid out before I put the rows together and said "not big enough". As a result, I went back and put big solid strips between the rows and then surrounded thewhole thing with a checkerboard type arrangement, trying to get it big enough.

He's 6"2' and carries the thing around like a blankie, wrapping up in it when he first get up or if he's going to watch a movie or something.

The fleece is pretty forgiving and simple lines sewn through look good. But don't make yourself crazy trying to match points. I think something like yellow brick road or Turning 20 or something like that would be good. Big, easy to put together and not too fussy.

Good luck, and I'd love to ssee photos when you're done.

Sunny

I have! It's easy. You can butt fleece pieces together and stitch using a feather stitch, if you have one, or a 3-stitch zigzag. (Built-in stretch.) Cut pieces with rotary cutter and ruler to get nice straight edges and accurate sizes. Do them one at a time for best results. No seam allowance. Any block design would work, but use something with pieces as big as possible to minimize your cutting and stitching time. My blocks were 6", because I could get a lot of 6" setting blocks from my scraps. I cut the rest into 2", 3" and 4" squares and rectangles, making each as large as possible, and assembled into 6" random blocks of different colors. I used my regular cotton thread (variegated to blend a bit), and simply bound the edge with satin binding to make a lovey blanket. Roberta in D

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Aha. Now that I see Roberta's words, I remember that I did mine that way too. Butting the seams together works very well. If your stoppings and startings are not lovely, it certainly will not matter. Sturdy is the name of the game here; your fleece creation will be used and loved - and probably not exactly square. Polly

"Roberta Zollner" I have! It's easy. You can butt fleece pieces together and stitch using a

Suggestion for fleece quilts - cut the blocks with a wavy rotary blade. It makes for a really cute blanket with the wavy edges instead of having blunt cut straight edges. We make a lot of them that way for our Linus chapter.

Donna in Idaho

Hi Donna...Did you mean to use the wavy rotary cutter on the last - outside edge block? Sorry to be so dense! I'm a visual person! And, I live in WA state - your neighbor. Thank you for writing. k

Polly, Well...good news that it doesn't have to be perfect! And, that it will be loved! Thank you! k

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Roberta, Now I'm jazzed to get started! Thank you for your suggestions of going one block at a time. That sounds very reasonable! And, I can stop whenever I think my treasure is big enuff! k

In my experience, a wavy edge rotary cutter is hard on mats. If I use one, I make a point to use an OLD mat. HTH. PAT

Hi neighbor!

You cut out all of your blocks using the wavy edge. Sew the blocks together with an approx 1/2" seam. In other words, all raw edges will be wavy cut. Fast and cute!

Donna in Idaho

Wavy blades are especially hard on mats if you use the blade too long, which I have a tendency to do. Right now I'm using the big white mat that I bought at JoAnns. I hate it! So, I don't really care if it gets messed up even more. I'm going to get rid of it as soon as JoAnns has a 50% sale on the good mats.

Donna in Idaho

I didn't really specify, but I made both fleece quilts double thickness. I actually used a fleece backing. That way they have been heavy enough to keep each son from running away while snuggled down with one >EG< and also to keep them warm on our truly cold winter nights. Right now the temp is down to around 22 F. It's not quite 7 p.m. It's not unusual in the winter to have nights down in the teens. A double, quilted layer of fleece does the trick and has always let us keep the thermostat down low enough to compensate for the hot water usage by two teenaged boys. (Can't say that anymore. Oldest son is 20 and younger is right behind him -- 18)

Sunny apparently the only quilter stupid enough to quilt two layers of fleece fabric. On a standard home sewing machine. With a 4 inch harp.

Hi Donna in Idaho,

I'm a bit confused still...when you say make a 1/2* seam, are you saying I should leave the wavey edges on the top side of the fleece "qult" like a raggedy quilt of flannel? If I put the wavey part on the back and then use a backing, I won't see the waveys...Anyway, I'm a visual type person but I'll pay really good attention if you will explain just a bit more! thank you.

I'm in extreme SE Washington State. Are we still neighbors??

Kay

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Donna in Idaho

Second most stupid here - this is exactly what I want to do, only in king-size. I can't stand the weight of my big purchased comforter. Did you use "comforter" batting or regular polyester? Would serging the seams make for too much bulk? I'd like to piece the top,then back with a king size blanket, with batting sandwiched in between.

Jacquie, in mid-Illinois