WMUTeach

Absolutely! Bleached or un-bleached they both make great backing. I tend to use the better quality muslin but muslin it is!

annette1952

Absolutely! Good quality muslin makes great backings. I say go for it!

Rose Bagwell

I do all the time, even use the Legacy Studio Muslin for quilt backings.

Alvie

Don't blow my cover but I have successfully made an unlined, now 26 year old set of pleated draperies out of good quality muslin. Washed, ironed, and rehung regularly. The ironing part isn't much fun. A total of 19 yards of fabric. In my library. Even the sewers who visit don't know.

katesnanna

Yes go ahead and use it. I love muslin because it gets softer and whiter the more it is washed. I made a whole quilt from muslin with Card Trick as the centre of each block in red blue green and yellow. My husband said it was the best quilt I'd made up until then. The young lady who received it loves it and as she is now living in Canberra (Australia's Capital) I'm hoping it will get plenty of use come winter.

AnnT

I use muslin in several shades all the time. I've used it on several quilting and random sewing projects.

Donnamarie

I always back my table runners with a nice fabric. I might make a pieced Christmas table runner and put a Fall fabric on the back so it can be reversible. I try to coordinate the fabrics so I can have a binding which works well with both. It works great and I always flip them around and get 2 table runners out of one. As for wall hangings, I will either use muslin or some fabric I'm not crazy about because no one sees the back anyway. Good luck!

Cindy B

I love muslin and use it frequently for backing on all quilts

Feathers-N-Fur

When I had a queen bed, I used king size sheets for the backing. When I switched to a king bed I really didn't want to start piecing my backings and 120" wide only comes in muslin. So now I have fun trying out various dying techniques on my muslin backings. I love muslin.

charlottequilts

I've bought muslin at KQ, based on price and hoping that paying more was for better quality. Now, there have been responses in favor of JoAnn's. Is the quality obvious enough that you can tell by feeling it? Should I be looking for a thread count?

hugs,
charlotte