Quilt Backing...am I the only one?
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I have done both but usually use a single color backing. I usually use my favorite which is a white paisley. I have to sew two or three lengths of fabric together to get it to fit especially a king size. I have made two quilts with a pieced back.
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For me it depends on the quilt. I do both pieced and whole backing. I don't know of anywhere to get $10 wide backing. The LQS here charges almost $22 a yard for wide backing and I don't like muslin for backing. More often than not I piece a backing of the same fabric so it appears its one whole piece.
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Originally Posted by bigsister63
I piece the backs. I do not think that it is that hard and besides I ususally can not find wide backing fabric that goes with the quilt top. Also I think that wide backing fabric is nmore expensive that 45" fabric.
I like both pieced backings and one fab. I like using leftovers from the front in some pieced backs. But I do prefer a pieced back that is appealing to the eye not just big chunks of fabric put together helter skelter. If I am hand quilting I prefer as few seams as possible in my back. But if I am LAing it anything goes.
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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
I don't DISlike them, it's just that by the time I get to that point, I'm pretty tired of the whole thing for a while. Love it later though,
and don't want to get rid of it.
Have a grand daughter who is due 3 more days, don't know if it is a boy or girl yet. They aren't talking!!
and don't want to get rid of it.
Have a grand daughter who is due 3 more days, don't know if it is a boy or girl yet. They aren't talking!!
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I do both .... some quilts "demand" a one fabric backing and others "want" for a pieced backing. Also, if I'm sending for hand quilting, the backing will be with as few seams as possible .... one fabric, or possibly minimally pieced (as in inserting one block or similar.
A one fabric back, can sometimes give you a nicer look at the quilting or the benefits of a second whole cloth quilt. At Christmas, I flipped one quilt to the back that had a black/gold print. Then laid a Christmas lap quilt on top ... showed it off better than it being on a couch in the family room! And can see doing the same for other seasonal quilts, rather than making a full bed quilt in the future.
Here's one with a pieced back .... it just seemed right!
A one fabric back, can sometimes give you a nicer look at the quilting or the benefits of a second whole cloth quilt. At Christmas, I flipped one quilt to the back that had a black/gold print. Then laid a Christmas lap quilt on top ... showed it off better than it being on a couch in the family room! And can see doing the same for other seasonal quilts, rather than making a full bed quilt in the future.
Here's one with a pieced back .... it just seemed right!
Butterflies in My Garden .... The Front!
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Butterflies in My Garden .... The Backside!!
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I have always done a single piece backside. But then I wasn't exactly sure how to center it if it was pieced with multiple rows and such. Seems like a lot of frustration to me, but am sure there is an easy way.
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I piece the back if I have good sized pieces of fabric left over from the quilt top. Otherwise I buy fabric that is on sale--like Connecting Threads--and use a soldid backing--still pieced because of the width of fabric, but all the same fabric. My family likes the pieced ones, they always look to see!
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Originally Posted by Suzi
Have done both but my favorite is to back with a king sized sheet (I make B-I-G quilts). They come in such gorgeous patterns and colors and if I plan for a smaller quilt I use the edges of the sheet incorporating it into the quilt pattern on the front thus everything appears totally coordinated (kind of?). I so love this occupation ............
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