vickimc

love the quilt. I use what ever I have enough of, sometimes piecing the backing using the left over from the front. but it really doesnt matter. whatever you want. I am quiling(longarm)
a quilt for a friend and the front is houses. the back is all 5 inch squares left over from the last quilt I quilted for her. lots of color and fun.

Emma S

I love this quilt! I can't help with the quilting but for the back I usually use any left over fabric from the front to do a very simple design on the back with coordinating fabric. As others have said, "Two for the price of one."

jdiane318

I made a quilt similar to yours last year for a friend's birthday. Got the pattern from Quick Quilts form my Scrap Bag. I like using a blender on the back that harmonizes with the front. I also buy the wide 108"-120" width and at least 3.5 yards in length. This is for a king-size. Something that you have invested your time and money as well as your talents deserves to be treated as such. I love stars and even enjoyed making the little stars inside the larger stars. Great job.

NDQuilts

I don't tend to match the front to the back on my personal quilts. So if I have enough leftovers then ill piece a back. I've bought the ugliest thing on the clearance rack(@ 50 cents a yard), used muslin, extra wide backs, other quilt tops. Others talk about vintage sheets because the flats don't have wear like the fitted. Depends on what your artistic desire is. If you have a chance to see antique museum quilts, they often have something odd on the back. To me it's charming.

KS quilter

One of those biege or tan ,I call them "neutrals" would be good

Ripped on Scotch

It may seem odd to some but I like to personalize the back for whoever I'm giving it to. If I don't know who its going to I match the front.

I made one for a friends wedding present and the back was leopard print. She has a thing where there is 1 item in every room of her house with leopard print on it. it's funny to us.

Mariposa

Lately, I've been piecing my backs, using fabrics from the front. Adding more fabrics if needed. Saves me a great deal of $$$, as I haven't worked for over a year. It helps!

luvspaper

I tend to go with a color that matches the piecing on the front. I tend to prefer dark marbled ones though or floral ones for quilts that I know are going to ladies.

I've just started adding a pieced row down the center to cover the fact that there has to be a seam (using 44 inch wide material to cover 65x75 or so size) and to give the back a bit more interest!

AngieS

That is beautiful!! :thumbup:

G'ma Kay

I don't like to use solids for backing simply because it doesn't hide my quilting booboos at all.