There is time spent on choosing a pattern for a quilt, planning it, selecting the fabric and color scheme etc., but I fail to count the time spent in the middle of the night worrying about a quilt plan.
The middle of the night wake up call happened several times with this quilt. The quilt could only have Minky (Cuddle) backing because my DIL LOVES it! I have 2 problems with Minky on a full sized quilt. One- it is heavy when moving the quilt around to quilt it. Two - it does not shrink but the quilt batting and top do shrink. I have seen quilts where the MInky doesn't lay smooth after the quilt was washed. So in the past to avoid that I have put a muslim backing on a quilt, quilted it, did a fast self binding, washed the quilt then added the Minky with just a few lines going across to hold it in place, then adding another binding. To quilt, then add Minky, almost doubles that work.
I have also wanted to avoid intensely quilting the Minky because the point is its softness. I talked with a long arm quilter who said she quilts quilts all the time with Minky and it does not affect its cuddliness. Hummm, new thought.
On one of my middle of the night wake up and think about the quilt times, I suddenly had an epiphany - use polyester batting! The batting always shrinks more than the top giving the quilt the crinkly look. But if I use polyester batting, it will not shrink just as the Minky does not shrink!
Problem solved - I think!
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