Which side of the quilt do you do your quilting?

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05-25-2011, 06:38 PM

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sueisallaboutquilts

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I'm really glad you brought up this topic. I bought some of the Benartex backing that has a design for learning how to FMQ on my domestic machine.
Thanks for all the great responses! Now I'm going to tackle it lol

05-25-2011, 08:51 PM

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Jan in VA

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Originally Posted by Bonbonary

I have some backing material with swirls on it, and I thought I might use it to do my FMQ. I wondered, too, if quilting from the back made sense.

Have done it many times; our shop even used to carry fabric designed for this purpose.

Jan in VA

05-25-2011, 08:54 PM

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owlvamp

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I haven't tried quilting from the back.

05-25-2011, 10:08 PM

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bibliostone

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I do it with fleece backing. Otherwise, I get too many puckers even if I use a lot of basting.

05-25-2011, 10:36 PM

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Lisa_wanna_b_quilter

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I love the idea of using designs on the backing fabric for quilting lines, but I'd have to be super mindful to get the back straight. My backings have a bit of a wonky tilt to them on occaision. :oops:

05-26-2011, 12:29 AM

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earthwalker

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Haven't done it yet, but I do intend giving it a try.

05-26-2011, 02:01 AM

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Works for me!

05-26-2011, 03:03 AM

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QultingaddictUK

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I do it either way for a number of reasons, when I first started FMQ I learnt by having a motif to approx follow on the back, one of my favourites was a Butterfly fabric I found which looked lovely on the front.