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100-weight fleeces can be one- or two-sided, which means they're fuzzy on either one or two sides. Slightly heavier than micro fleeces, these fabrics are about same weight as sweat shirting. The 100-weight fleeces are great for high-tech sweatshirts and leggings, jacket linings, and lightweight gear for heads, feet, and hands.
Medium-weight fleeces are probably most common and versatile on market. They're perfect for jackets, pants, hats, mittens, socks, slippers, and vests, and there is a lot of medium weight fleece available.
Stretch Fleeces are great for leggings or comfy long johns under your snowmobile suit. They are also great for socks, mittens, gloves, and hats.
I recommend a size 14 universal or sharp needle on your project. Keep presser foot fairly tight , somewhere between 4-5. Try it on same scraps first, looking for adjustment that allows fleece to feed through evenly.
Tips
Whether serging or sewing, have bottom piece extend beyond upper piece by 1/8 of inch. That way you can see it while you are sewing to make sure both layers are being caught in stitch.
Take Caution when ironing, use a cool iron and a press cloth. Lucky for sewer, fleece does not need much ironing.
Once I know which side is which put a big chalk X on wrong side of each piece when I cut out pattern.
Cyd Klein, Sew Help Me.com
Cyd Klein has 21 years experience sewing for others. Her vocation is designing and manufacturing Costumes which are then marketed locally and on-line at http://www.nbr-1-costumes.com. Ms Klein also maintains a sewing help site at http://www.sew-help-me.com