quilted backing? or front?

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01-20-2011, 11:56 AM

hexagonquilter

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Hi. I am fairly new to pieced quilts. I have made a spiderweb quilt front in a king size. Will have to piece the back into 3 strips to get it to size.
When I am hand quilting would it be better that I quilt the design on the backing or on the pieced front? I have a template of paisley for my quilting pattern.
All of my previous quilts have been stitch in the ditch quilted front pieces.

Cousin Laura holding up the top, partially done.

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01-20-2011, 11:58 AM

quiltlady37

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I always do my handquilting from the front, but I know some machine quilters, quilt on the backing.

01-20-2011, 12:00 PM

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Put the quilting design on the front (or the "technical" term, the quilt top). That looks beautiful!

01-20-2011, 12:04 PM

hexagonquilter

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If I am using a template isn't the design the same front and back? Top and back.

01-20-2011, 12:16 PM

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beautiful, thanks for sharing with us

01-20-2011, 12:18 PM

Shemjo

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The design will be the same on the front and back. It is the placement that you can control better from the front or top. Your top looks lovely.

01-20-2011, 12:52 PM

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If your backing fabric has a print that you can follow for your quilting design, you can quilt it from the back and you end up with a wonderful allover quilting design on the front.