Alu_Rathbone

A friend of mine gave me a ton of fabric and told me to use it to make her a queen size quilt. Now, I don't mind doing so, I told her I'd have to tie it off due to not having a long arm and I can't afford to have someone do it for me.

She wants a solid color back for her quilt, I figured I'd go with black. The measurement of the quilt will be 96x96 inches... is there any place that I can find an extra wide fabric that would fit that?

quilticing

Most wide backs are 105+ and there's a sateen that's 118". Muslin comes 120".

MissSandra

if you do a google for the backing you will find alot, also you could take any large peices of fabric and sew them together to make your own backing.

Alu_Rathbone

That's what I'm thinking of doing. Especially since the design I'm going to do will need black fabric for the top anyways. It's a really simple design, but I think she'll love it. I can get it done two weekends anyways, cutting, sewing and tying.

Jackie Spencer

Crafttown fabrics has Quilt Backings in all colors from 90 inches up to 112

Alu_Rathbone

Thanks! I'll check that out!

Can someone tell me about how many yards of fabric that I would possibly need?

QuiltE

Or you could do QAYG instead of tying

BeverlyH

www.marshalldrygoods.com is a good place to look. Fabric Shack on the internet also has some. They are 108" wide and great quality fabric.

BeverlyH

I just looked and www.marshalldrygoods.com has 37 colors of quilter's blend that is 108" wide for $7.99 a yard. It's good heavy quality fabric.

alfosa421

Yes Keepsake Quilting has backing fabric and Quilter's Depot here in Pittsburgh but I don't know tht QD has fabric on their website Good Luck