Gladmaker

For those of you that have trouble lining up a pieced back with the front, I saw a video on how to get them lined up. I haven't had an opportunity to try it yet but it sounds like it should work.
You use small diameter dowels. Find the center of your work surface and tape a dowel across the center. Then tape dowels on either side of the first dowel at 90 degrees.
Mark the center lines on the wrong side of the backing fabric. You can then line it up by feeling the dowels. Add the batting. Mark the center lines on the right side of the top. Again line it up by feeling the dowels.
My next quilt, I plan to do some piecing on the back and I'll try this method to line it up.
Bob

Gladmaker

This is a great idea if you have a pillowcase available!
When we finish a quilt, I'll machine embroider a design and maybe a brief description of the quilt on 2 places on fabric. My wife will then make it into a case with a drawstring. When we give away a guilt, it goes in this case and we let them know this is a good way to store the quilt. It protects it and lets it breathe.
Bob

azwendyg

I really like the look of a piece back on some quilts, but for a T-shirt quilt, I think a wholecloth back might be nicer, unless, like hopetoquilt, you have some T-shirts left to incorporate into the back.

madamekelly

Since I never hand quilt,I either use a good quality unbleached muslin, thrift store percale or woven flannel sheets. The flannel sheets are already washed (preshrunk) so they will not shrink or unravel, but I always wash everything from thrift stores before using. The one time I bought a wide backing fabric was a total mistake, it shrank unevenly, and made the quilt useable only as a charity quilt. I am now afraid to try it again.