Minkee Backing

[hummingbird]

I have a customer quilt to do & she wants Minkee as the backing fabric. Is there a thread on here about working with it? I tried a search but came up blank. Which direction should the stretch be going? If both sides look the same, how do you distinguish which is the "right" side?

[quiltmonkey]

Ahh I love minkee for backing. I pin the selvege edge to the leaders. Remember minkee stretches so you don't want to tighten the rollers too much. When using minkee, I like to have MINIMUM 5 inches on both sides. So if your customer's quilt is 70 inches wide, ask them to make sure the minkee is 80 inches wide. I like the extra for insurance because the minkee stretches so much.

[sewcrazy4quilting]

I stitch a border of muslin around the minkee about 3" wide. Then quilt as usual. I love the texture that the quilting gives the minkee. And the quilts are soo cuddle friendly!!!

[Primitive1]

I've used it too and it comes out really nice and soft!

[aleksich]

I am like Shana for pinning on and I have used all types of threads. All with good results. I think that pinning on to the leaders correctly and not over stretching is the key to quilting with Minkee. My 18yr son wanted it on the back of his quilt that his girlfriend had made. I quilted it for her:) Good luck and have fun:)

[RoseCity Quilter]

I like to pin with the stretch parallel to the bars, not the selvage. I pin it very carefully to avoid stretching it. My reasoning is now when I advance the quilt, it is not as likely to stretch as the stretch is going parallel to the bars.? Works for me.

To tell the right side of a double sided pile, examine the cut edge. The right side has a longer pile than the wrong side.

[BunkHouseQuilts]

Like Ardelle, I pin the selvages perpendicular to the frame. As other's have stated, be careful and don't roll your quilt too tight. I roll and then back off some of the tension. It quilts up like a dream! 99% of the baby quilts I do are backed with minky type fabric.