I pull out the big guns when I baste with Minky. The only thing I did differently that I did like is that, since I only use Minkee backing for baby quilts, I like to use wide, pre-packaged satin binding for the edges instead of a traditional narrow quilt binding. I've only pinned, no glue or side stitching. I had almost given up on using minke in my quilts. PRODUCT. I don't spray baste, which is crazy – I just pin it to death and it always works out. Acrylic is 1/4" tall with etched measurment lines. The hardest part was cutting the Minky fabric which made a huge mess! She suggests that you keep your free-motion quilting designs a bit larger in scale, to help keep your quilt soft and without any tucks. Sometimes I write these posts late at night and my brain doesn't work! I’ve been intimidated by Minky for years, but once I got it basted up it really wasn’t hard to quilt over. Materials: … Merry Christmas!! You will be charged a $20 fee per seam. UK Quilt postal service also available. For this quilt, I followed some tips by Allison Harris on quilting with minky.I taped down the minky, right side down, on the CLEAN kitchen floor first. I have hideous problems, but will use more basting spray and follow your tips. Black fades to grey and white.Super soft, cuddly Minky backing and binding. Hope it all works well! Repeat this till all the strips are used and the backing fabric is covered by a lovely strip style quilt top. It might make your needle dull more quickly but the quilt sandwich should glide across the sewing surface and it will probably help keep the minky from "crawling" too. The large swirls pictured are a good option. To estimate your quilting cost: Multiply Width X Length / Divide by 144 / Multiply by $4.00 For Example: 75” W X 75” L =5,625 divided by 144 = 39.06 X $4.00 = $156.25 “ I love quilting but had trouble finding someone to long arm quilt my finished work, that is until I discovered Rose. Hope i can find the best answer to my question somewhere – thanks for the tips on this page. I've successfully quilted (lap and smaller) with the really fuzzy minky. I only atte… The Dritz brand spray from Walmart is okay but not great with Minky…. You can easily back a cotton patchwork quilt top with Cuddle® to give it extra warmth and comfort. I'm definitely going to try this for my next granddaughters quilt. Great info! Longarm quilting with Minkee backing HELP! In fact, there is no reason that a quilt could not… It can be a nightmare for a machine quilter. Thanks for posting a comment (I'll correct my post). This quilt is gorgeous! I just had a disastrous time quilting with minky. Thanks for this tutorial. If you have any new tips, for a beginner, I would love to hear them! Craftsy instructor and longarm quilter Angela Walters shares some basics for quilting with Shannon Cuddle ™ fabric. This is last years Chris, Just in the nick of time I finished this year’s, I went a little crazy fabric buying with all the s. After a lazy weekend my house is a dumpster fire.. And just like that...time for Christmas! Just tear off when you are done quilting. Used batting and more minkee for the back, pinned well (I don't have a well-ventilated space to use the basting spray) and sewed strips with larger stitch size. I have not yet progressed to fmq but have the slippy mat thing to attach to my plexiglass surface (for when I get up my nerve) but it doesn't work with the walking foot for straight line quilting. If the stretchiest part of the fabric is supposed to be between the side clamps, wouldn't that be HORIZONTAL, and from roller to roller would be VERTICAL? I love how little ones will sit there and rub satin binding over their noses while they suck their thumbs, and it's a nice combination of textures to have the bumpy quilted cotton top, soft furry backing, and silky satin edges. Love this post. How do you spray baste your quilts? Working with Minky can be tricky sometimes because of the slippery quality of the fabric and the inherent stretch, but using spray basting helps to make this Minky-backed patchwork quilt easy. I also quilt in straight lines to form fold lines for my changing pads. Dimpled minky is the most common, but (I find) to be most problmatic. I'm quilting two quilts with minky backing as we speak! After the quilting was done, I even serged the raw edge around the quilt before I applied the binding. We used blanket binding (the silky kind) for the edges. I am a little confused though. I use basting spray heavily first, then I go back and also pin every 6-8″. When ordering on our website we sell fabric by the YARD or HALF YARD. When backing a quilt with minky, I find that spray basting is the best way to handle the stretch. We offer a 1 to 2 week turn around time, batting, binding and some quilt backing options. It will also prevent swear words from being said. Wide Backing; Kits; Minky; Minky and Cuddle Fabrics; Shop All; Store Information; Shop Policies; Longarm Quilting Services; Facebook; Instagram; Contact Us. Any tips for managing the fuzz?! The next time, I prewashed the quilt top fabrics, used a thin 100% cotton batting, FMQ quilted the snot out of just the quilt top and batting BEFORE layering the minkee backing on (NOT recommended — uncovered cotton batting next to my feed dogs created lint of nightmare proportions! Minky always seems perfect for the backing to a baby quilt. Indicate the top orientation of the backing with a safety pin. Laurie. I am confused as to which way to load the minky for best results. I decided to try it with my latest project and any tips are greatly appreciated. Of course if you use batting, you’ll get a nice crinkly top, but a much stiffer quilt. You can choose regular width quilting cotton. I use the walking foot and I have to forced the quilt through, producing very uneven stitches and lots of wobbles. She quilted it with a minky backing, which is a great idea for a quilt. It is also the most expensive, of course….have had bad luck with the June Tailor brand. When making a quilt sandwich, I use minky for backing, batting (usually Warm and White or Warm and Natural) goes in the middle, and patchwork on top. I actually stocked up on a huge variety of minky-type fleece blankets one year during an after-Christmas shopping 50% off sale and got YARDS AND YARDS of use-able fabric out of them! great reference Allison…. Just a quick question–did you prewash your quilt top or quilt fabrics? Do you ever quilt as you go, a block at a time? It makes it so cuddly! Because I get a lot of questions about it…I thought I’d share about my process when backing and quilting Minky. […], […] then the material can be a little tricky. PRODUCT. If you've ever cut it with a rotary cutter or … Preparing your Backing for Longarm Quilting Your backing MUST be 10” wider and longer than your pieced quilt top (eg: if your top is 90″ x 90″, your backing needs to be a minimum of 5″ bigger on all sides – top, bottom, right and left sides = 100″ x 100″). That holds things together nicely. quilting with a minky backing My friend and customer, Andrea, dropped off a quilt yesterday, and I started quilting right away. It is a wonderful way to finish off a quilt. I've found this post and the following comments very helpful but none address the particular problem I've been having with minky. The first two like quilted very nice and then boom, this one is coming through the fabric. ⠀ I have a sz 18 needle and loosened my tension but the fuzz still comes through to the top. Stitch through all 3 layers and flip the top strip open. Just curious! I read a tip of putting your minky and cotton on a carpeted floor – that will help it stay as you adjust and pin. This problem means I hand quilt baby quilts that have minky backings, which is my backing or choice for many quilts and if the quilts are larger, I send them to my long arm quilter who has no problem with the minky. I am working on one now that the back is red and it is coming up on the top that is white. needle when I quilt…once I switched to a smaller size it stopped. $16.99 I appreciate the info about batting and making a softer quilt.. Leave us a mail for further queries. You can find cheap, stretchy, minky. I'll definitely use Minkee again! The way that stuff stretches and moves, especially when using regular cotton on top, can make me crazy. I think next time I'll try basting with 505 as you suggest, maybe skip the batting to keep it soft, but most importantly I think your larger, more open quilting helps to make these very different fabrics come together and cooperate in a quilt, so I'll try that, too. haha I am working on one now that the back is red and it is coming up on the top that is white. I have run a piece of cotton down the center with minky on both sides before and it actually stabilized the back better. And it is all quilted! For me, anytime I load with seems vertical, the back gets wavy so it there may be puckers. Indicate the top orientation of the backing with a safety pin. She got 2 top sheets and wanted to turn one into a coverlet type throw. See more ideas about quilting tips, longarm quilting, apqs. It might make a difference if my machine was dropped into a table and I could have just a normal wood table surface. I intend to have it long-armed. Thanks heaps. I took the quilt to the dry-cleaner and they ironed it, permanently ruining the minky dots. The story of the quilt is the record of the human family. But what about quilting with it? Quilting with these, they stretch less and CAN BE IRONED. Sheila – I want to use the backing minky for my binding. I was planning to have the cotton piece go the length of one side of the backing. The one thing people seem able to agree on is that Minky is tough to quilt! What amazes me about this post is that you don't have fuzzies all over the quilt before washing! I have a quilt on the rack right now that has JoAnn's store brand Minkee as the backing. Spraying was mentioned again and again so I did spray with 505 and also pinned as with a regular quilt. This is really simple - if you rip your fabric, the tear will always run along the grainline of the fabric. The next time, I prewashed the quilt top fabrics, used a thin 100% cotton batting, FMQ quilted the snot out of just the quilt top and batting BEFORE layering the minkee backing on (NOT recommended — uncovered cotton batting next to my feed dogs created lint of nightmare proportions! Every time there was a raw edge because of cutting the Minkee, I serged the edge. Helen in Healdsburg. Think about it? Welcome to Clever Girl Quilting! I have had very little trouble quilting minky backed quilts. Heather A. Here's my experience with minky and some tips that hopefully will help you in using minky successfully. And I've pinned in addition to the spray. I was worried but did some research online and at the LQSs. Just keep on checking your backing for puckers. Check out our backing tips for design ideas, longarm tutorials, and more!. Because minky is slippery it is often not cut square when you purchase it. I really enjoyed quilting with Minky fabric. ;). May 24, 2016. The spray sure made Minky easier to work with though! Finished quilt size: 30″ x 40″ All seam allowances are 1/4″ Quilt top pattern is a random patchwork of 6 squares by 8 squares. (EX: If you are wanting to order 2.5 yards, select (2) FULL YARDS and (1) HALF YARD or select (5) HALF YARDS. To cut square edges, lay your minky out on a large surface such as a dining table or the floor. Right after basting I stay-stitched around the edges using a long stitch length to keep everything in place. I've got the 505 spraying. Wouldn't ya say? After that I decided to use the minky for binding but that didn't seem to work too well either. (Here are some links to tutorials I like for each of these steps). Aug 2, 2020 - I get asked all the time if I accept quilts for long arm quilting with minky fabric for the back. Lose the fluff. As always when a quilt is quilted on a long arm, the backing must be square for best results. Modern monotone ombre baby quilt 38"x42". I made a minkee throw-sized quilt using the flip and sew method, so I didn't have to quilt it later. First of all, there is a big difference from one kind of minky fabric to another. I am quilting a Cuddle minky with cotton top, no batting. Some backings like minky or polar fleece have a nap. When you have finished piecing your unique and beautiful top, contact us, we can help you finish it. http://www.SassySmidgens.Etsy.com.com. Thank you. thanks for the info on using minky: I've been tempted to use it but have been too afraid to do so :-) I love the spray baste too, but have used it on my largest floor space which is carpet and have found that there can be overspray and the carpet gets sticky :-P Love your blog and the things you share with us: thanks so much!!! These sure make a quilt snuggly but can present challenges for longarm quilters because of their loft, stretchiness, nap or grainline. Step 1: Spray the wrong side of your plush backing fabric. Check. I make changing pads. I have spray basted lots of quilts and found that if you use the 505 brand you will have a better result. Cuddle® has a two-way stretch along the cross grain. She quilted a stunning geometric pattern with the channel locks on the Millie and a ruler to get the distance. I’m. I quilted with Minkee twice, both times using a batting, and both times not 100% satisfied with results. They are premium fabrics so they cost a little more than JoAnn minky but the are SO MUCH SOFTER. I sew on my dining room table with a plexiglass surface which works like a charm for piecing and for quilting when I use cotton backs. My family and friends love the soft cuddly feel of this fabric. The answer is a resounding YES! Free-motion quilting with minky. We would like our customers to note that quilt backing and batting must be 4 inches larger than the quilt top on all 4 sides. The backing was Minky, which is a slightly furry fabric that makes a really soft and warm quilt … Do I need to cut binding strips vs. folding it over to the front (which I’ve seen done with cotton). Any tips for this? I tried washing the plexiglass and I tried a light coat of something … I can't remember what it was but it was something that I wouldn't have to worry about getting on the fabric … but it didn't make any difference for me. Thanks for any advice you can give, not a novice, but it’s also been a while since I’ve had the luxury of enjoying quilting again. ⠀ I tape the back to the floor when I baste…but be extra careful not to stretch it. I see in your picture that you have a pieced minky back going vertical. After I machine stitch the binding on it’s ready do be used and loved and fought over relentlessly! The stretch should go horizontal not vertical. It’s probably overkill but it works. First time, the quilt top was very simple 4" x 4" squares, prewashed fabrics, so I layered with a thin polyester batting, minkee backing, and tried "tying" the quilt with yarn French knots at the seam intersections. Note though I bought my minky from a quilt shop. Wide Quilt Backing Fabric 0 54"-60" wide 0 Quilter's Cotton Fabric 0 Minky & Cuddle Microfleece 0 Muslin 0 Fabric Panels 0 Cotton Sateen 0 90" Wide 0. So, the issue Sara posted about in her trip to the dry cleaner, would have been avoided if she had used one of those. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge about longarming with minky. technically I have never quilted anything, either.. (Hopefully by the time I make this I will have at least quilted the tote bag that I am currently working on..and Maybe I will have a clue..) You would think minky would glide across the surface but it just clings to my plexiglass surface table attached to my machine. — It’s probably full size bed size — will pinning the daylights out of it be enough to keep it from bunching at the edges while I’m sewing? You can pin baste, but use pins every 4” or so and take care not to stretch the backing! I have been struggling with that for some time… I want a soft cuddly quilt, not a stiff one that doesn't even wrap around you! Do you think that will cause me problems (having one side with not stretch and the other with stretch?Thanks for your help! thanks for all the tips. Based in Fort Collins, My Longarm Quilter’s quilting services are charged by square inch measurement of the quilt top. I rent a long arm machine in a quilting studio and I've never done a minky-backed quilt before. New Arrivals. Hobbs 80/20 batting gives this precious quilt a loft that is just right. Even used minkee as binding! I will be using Minky for the first time (and also basting spray, it seems) to make a blanket for a friends long awaied baby girl.. If I want a heavy quilt…especially if its going to be on a bed I add batting. Things go better if I can create little air pockets before the quilt goes under the needle but that takes some wrangling and results in very wobbly lines. – I haven't tried this yet but try adding tissue paper to your quilt sandwich behind the minky. Machine quilting rulers & templates for use with longarm quilting machines & domestic sewing machines. The idea was to start with a large backing fabric, lay down a strip and place another strip right side down on top of the first. ), and THEN I layered with the minkee backing and just did random eyelet circles throughout the quilt, … haha.. I’m a little late to the party. I'm halfway through piecing a baby quilt top and decided to use a minky back after seeing your quilt and Faith's (Fresh Lemons Quilts), so am now wondering if I should prewash in case they shrink at different rates? As for spray basting – I'll never go back to any other method. I still got some saggy baggy issues, and felt like I quilted too closely, making some parts of the quilt too stiff. It will help with hiding your seam. I've never quilted with minky, but I have sewn baby blankets with it and swear words can DEFINATELY be spoken. :). Try striped or vine embossed minky. One other thing that many talked about was that the lint and ravels of Minkee were a nightmare. Hi Did you prewash the quilt top fabrics?while working with minky backing. I find the weight of quilting with minky (I do use batting) the difficult part – my poor shoulders! Wow, I want to learn how to make a quilt. Luxe Cuddle Tie-Dye Rabbit Gray. Little tufts of the minkee pile are coming up to the surface through my needle holes! For hand quilting I would only use flannel for sure. Backing MUST measure 8” wider than the finished width AND 8” longer than the finished length of your quilt top (quilt back is 4” larger than the quilt top on all sides) 2. Thanks for sharing your method — you get a bookmark from me! One throw was king sized and brown and doubled up so I could take off the ugly satin edge and pull the two sides apart giving me DOUBLE the fabric and the whole blanket was less than $5! I usually use a size 90/10 (?) Is this the set-up everyone else has? Lesson learned for next time. I need the thicker loft, but the thinner one had less shifting. If, however, your quilt is wider than 60", you have to pay attention to minky's nap and make sure all your minky's fabric pile points in the same direction. Using a large quilting design will keep your quilt from being too stiff and it will drape more like a cozy fleece throw. I (and my kids) love the feel, who doesn't. We feel that longarm quilting rivals the 7 wonders of the world and we love it. ⠀ Once you get quilting the quilt can shift a lot and the edges tend to get stretched and wonky…I feel like it helps me free motion quilt nicely around the edges and everything stays nice and square. Thank you for the tips on working with Minkee. PRODUCT. It looks so soft and cuddly. Or call us today! Works great. Anyway, thanks again! Solids, prints, and embossed Cuddle® work great for both sides of your quilt. This fab, Fall quilt finished just in time to stuff it in a, I’m FORCING myself to finish my fall quilt today, It's always hard to see in a tiny photo, but Kaitl, Big blocks = less blocks to make! If you prefer OUAQ to seam your back, please advise staff member. "stick" with 505. I'm going to write another post about longarm quilting on minky fabric since it can be tricky and a few tips might help. Most people I know who try to use Minky fabric do so for their quilt backing. Next quilt I start I'm going to try the double sided minky…. The key to loading a quilt on a longarm frame is understanding the grainline of fabric and how to find the midpoints of your quilt top, batting, and backing. Cuddle Prints - Floralfields Aruba 60 Inch Minky Yardage. But I will also have to spray it (even when not quilting) and that seem that will help a whole lot too! I don't think it's as hard to use when you do smaller blankets. I spray-basted Minky once with the June Taylor spray and after I washed the quilt the back was stuck to the batting kind of like static cling. I am not an expert but did just finish a baby quilt with Minkee on the back. I had no tucks and it turned out lovely! Dec 21, 2020 - Tips and tutorials you can use while longarm quilting. Oct 26, 2020 - Because I get a lot of questions about it…I thought I’d share about my process when backing and quilting Minky. I just pinned a quilt that has a minky backing that looks fabulous but had me worried. . Many quilters love to make cuddly quilts using fabric like polar fleece, flannel, or nappy knits like Minky or Shannon fabrics. My Account. You want the stretch to be controlled by the side clamps. Thank you so much for this tutorial. ARTISTIC QUILTING - The Latest From My Quilt Studio. If you notice the backing pulling through to the front in the stitches, try switching to a thinner needle. (e.g. Backing and Batting should be 8" longer and 8" wider than the Quilt Top. And yes, pin every gosh darn inch and use 3,986 pins. Longarm Quilting Service by award winning quilter, Frances Meredith based in the UK, serving quilters locally in Bristol, the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Herefordshire, Somerset, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, South Wales (Cardiff and Newport), Monmouthshire and Gwent. Just get the wrinkles and creases out without pulling it tight. Finished in my nonsmoking longarm studio. I'd love for you to one day do a tutorial. It also looks like you stitched down your binding. .and like you, I only do a large-spaced stipple. […] I back a lot of my quilts with Cuddle…I did a post here with some tips for backing and quilting a quilt with Cuddle […], […] Baste, Quilt and Bind. Only FMQ. I think it's such a great idea to use Minky for the backing, I used it for my son's quilt and I'm planning on using it again for some throw quilts. To find the midpoint, simply fold the fabric in … ), and THEN I layered with the minkee backing and just did random eyelet circles throughout the quilt, every 4-6" or so, to hold the layers together. The type of minky you quilt with makes a BIG difference. $17.99. Does anyone else use minky with a plexiglass surface? We just quilted the sheet and a Minkee backing, no batt. Customers receive a 20% off their first quilt and 20% off every 5th quilt. I have the same question as anonymous above. 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