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I am thinking of putting a cotton backing to a quilt top that is flannel. Has anyone made a quilt like that. I will be machine quilting. What type of batting? Would love your input.

Don;'t see why you can't use cotton for the backing, we do it the other way all the time. Since it is flannel, I'd use a lighter batting, JMO.

Looking forward to seeing the quilt.

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I do it all the time but I wash the flannel before quilting it together because of the shinkrage factor.

I have a quilt with a flanel top and cotton back. I believe it has Warm and Natural batting. Beware - it's a very warm quilt.

Dont forget to cut the top extra big to allow for the shrinking factor.I would add at least another 12 inches for a full.

Thanks so much! I did wash the flannel fabric before piecing and wow...yes, it shrunk a lot. I only have the top about half pieced. I guess I should wash the cotton backing too. I do not normally wash my fabric before piecing but I knew the flannel would shrink. I am just thinking that the flannel for top and backing both, would be too heavy. Actually I am thinking of piecing fat quarters together for the backing.

Quiltendeb

My first queen size quilt had a pieced flannel top and non-flannel back. The only problem I had with it was that I got a bit of bearding from the batting that showed up in the darker areas on the fabric on top. The flannel top + regular cotton back didn't pose any problems that I noticed.