Trimming Minky without the curse words!

Have you ever gone to trim a quilt when using minky/cuddle fabric as the backing and had to deal with all the shedding? Well I am going to show you an easy way to help stop the shed. I recently finished this Flora Fields quilt and found a beautiful wine colored minky for the back.

Picture showing a corner or the quilt with the minky and batting still needing to be trimmed.

In order to trim this quilt I use our old friend the blue painters tape. You can see how I put a long piece across the back covering the line I am going to trim.

Blue painters tape laid out on the minky where I'm going to trim.

The blue painters tape allows you to make a cut and have all those pesky little furballs from the minky stick to the tape. This was you help save yourself a little time when cleaning up.

Image shows how you get nice clean cuts with little to no fuzz left on your mat.

Image showing how the tape catches the fuzz keeping it contained and easier to clean up.

I hope this tip helps you next time you have a quilt with minky backing and don't want to deal with the mess it makes when cutting. I'll share pictures of the completed top later so you can see how beautiful this quilting design is on it.