Piecing Fleece

piecing fleece using the zig zag stitch on my JUKI Exceed 600

I'm going to exercise a few posts on fleece. I sometimes role fleece every bit an choice to backing as well as wadding.

Fleece tin exercise the task of both backing as well as wadding at the same fourth dimension for a fraction of the cost.

Fleece is slowly as well as fun to machine quilt as well as gives a soft as well as cuddly finish. What's non to like?

One of the keen features of fleece is that fleece doesn't fray!

Which makes it keen for all sorts of craftsy projects including quilting.


Here I'm piecing fleece by butting the 2 edges together as well as using a zig-zag stitch to bring together them.
 I exercise this to avoid the extra bulk that a regular direct stitch seam would make.

 Here I've pieced together roughly scraps of fleece to brand a bigger backing. 

 I used a grey thread because it was inward the machine from when I was piecing the top. If I had changed the thread to tally the fleece colour, yous would non respect it at all.

Grey OMNI thread is ideal for piecing
My JUKI HZL 600 sewing machine does non guide maintain an extendible thread guide for these larger, to a greater extent than economical cross-wound cones. This thread stand upwards lets me guide maintain payoff of the large cones. I lay the thread on the stand upwards as well as run it through the wire loop at the top, as well as thus I larn ahead as well as thread my sewing machine every bit normal.

zig zag stitch for piecing fleece JUKI HZL Exceed 600
I used this pale pinkish fleece every bit the backing as well as wadding for Rosie's academy quilt. Notice how nicely the quilting blueprint shows upwards on the fleece backing.

(look at the curl nether the arm of the sewing machine) Now that it's getting colder, it makes me happy to intend of Rosie all overnice as well as warm, snuggling nether her fleecy quilt.

 Fabric Online is a keen U.K. root for fleece.

Rosie's academy quilt on the 8 human foot New English linguistic communication Quilter2 frame

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