Ideas for backing?

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12-31-2010, 08:33 PM

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ilovetosew

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I like to kind of match the front, but I also usually piece the back. Back art can be as interesting as the front!
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12-31-2010, 08:53 PM

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Ramona Byrd

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Originally Posted by grammy17

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaryStoaks

I usually use cotton or cotton blend sheets. I have used the extra wide backing fabric and pieced backs but sheets are my favorite. The price is great when I find them at thrift shops or garage sales, $1 to $3 each.

Me too.

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Me three. I love sheets, there is so much fabric in it that I can use it for the backing on lap robes when I don't use fleece. And then I can use the rest of it for applique, which I love to do for kids' quilts or lap robes.
Thrift shops, yard sales or church sales, all of them are good.
Sheets will last for years and years. And lots of the really old quilts still in use have muslin on their backs, and even then sometimes sheets.