I'm not too fussy about backing fabric--R U?
#11
If it's a lap quilt, throw quilt, or bed quilt, I try to be creative with the backing. I usually have one fabric that I'll use. I haven't pieced any together yet, but I'm sure I will in the future.
On the other hand, for wall hangings, table toppers, etc. I always use muslin. Unless someone turns the table topper over, no one is going to be gazing on the quilting stitches on the back. That way I save good fabric for another use.
On the other hand, for wall hangings, table toppers, etc. I always use muslin. Unless someone turns the table topper over, no one is going to be gazing on the quilting stitches on the back. That way I save good fabric for another use.
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I used to make the backings perfectly match the front or at least nicely compliment it. Then I went to a class and she had quilts she used the leftover fabric from the front in odd sized squares,e tc. Came out really nice. Or if you demand excellance you can make even blocks etc. And then the show quilts....Last year I pieced the back to match the front and actually passes the scrutiny of the judges and still got a check+. Whatever trips our triggers, I guess
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I use either wide fabric, pieced one fabric (say 5 yards of one fabric), or horrors - a sheet...
I had a woman say to me, "The back should be as good as the front - think about it, what gets the most WEAR - the front or back?".... she's right, the back is what gets the most wear...
I try to co-ordinate the front and back with regard to color and if I use a floral print (or other print) it 'goes with' what's on front - I don't want anything jarring, or incongruous... or slapdash...
I had a woman say to me, "The back should be as good as the front - think about it, what gets the most WEAR - the front or back?".... she's right, the back is what gets the most wear...
I try to co-ordinate the front and back with regard to color and if I use a floral print (or other print) it 'goes with' what's on front - I don't want anything jarring, or incongruous... or slapdash...
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I try to make it look nice, all matching, but it really doesnt have tobe all the same fabric. My stuff isnt for judging either. When I do a charity quilt, I usually use a cotton sheet for the back...love it, because its always big enough!
#15
I mostly use sheets. I know, the quilt police don't approve, but they wear like iron and I don't hand quilt. Even if I have a large enough sheet, however, I usually at the very least create an off center stripe on the back with scraps from the front. Just a little signature thing. Some quilts I just use the whole sheet. And sometimes I have to make the stripe because I'm using scraps from other sheets I've used for backs.
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Originally Posted by JJs
... think about it, what gets the most WEAR - the front or back?"
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Originally Posted by Holice
No I don't. However, I try to use wide backing so I won't have to piece it. I am working on a quilt now that is about 48"x60" and the fabric I bought for the back is 45". I plan on using fabric from the front and piece a row of squares and will split the 45" and add the row in the center. I may cut strips and cut them in half and sew together for the center back.
Of just offset them to one side. wide section-squares-narrow section
Some of the more interesting backs are pieced.
I am, however, "fussy" about having it be flat and pressing it before using it.
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I just finished one, piecing the back with the left-over fabrics from the quilt top, my first time to do this. But, I recently joined a quilt club with very accomplished quilters (not me), but they had done this on several quilts that they brought for "show and tell." I'm sure they don't do this with quilts that are to be judged. But some of them are very cute the way they arrange the leftovers. Lots of creativity in that club!!
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