soccertxi

centering a backing is challenging to me. If I was going to put a block or blocks on the back, I would offset the blocks on purpose.

This site :

http://www.maryquilts.com/

She has at least one pieced backing idea. Check out her free patterns along the left side.

MacThayer

I saw this quilt backing and felt really inspired. It's a great point that you can actually have two quilts instead of one, and it's great extra practice. I'm including both the front and back of the quilt.

MacThayer

Oh, and by the way, that backing was entirely pieced, even what looks like blue fabric. It isn't. It's pieced 4" squares throughout.
And it's awesome!

gingerd

Wow! That quilt is amazing and beautiful too. I wondered if it was totally pieced or fabric sections.

I also hadn't thought about it being hard to line up.

Thanks much!

Peckish

Here's the back to my zigzag quilt, I pieced it.

This is just me, but I would stay away from a heavily-pieced back and keep it simple, to avoid having too many seams to quilt over.

Retired GI Jo

If you would redraft the log cabin into one super sized block, it would look fabulous on the back--even if you had to add extra to the top and bottom.

Here's the backing I sent to Charismah for her boys to quilt that I want to send to a young man currently serving in Afghanistan.

Joyce (Hope it comes through--first time sending a picture)

blueangel

Awesome

gingerd

Nice!

Thanks so much for the ideas. Now to plan!

Glassquilt

My quilting machine does not like to sew over heavy seams. It stops. I can't piece my back because of that so I buy sheets or the 108" wide fabric.

JanTx

To piece in strips: add your fabric to one side of your backing fabric then sew that pieced edge to the other side of the backing - making a tube. Then lay out the tube until it's straight and even and cut it top to bottom. I do this so the pieced fabric is off center. This is much easier than cutting your fabric and trying to line things up to sew them back together. I learned this on this board.