For those who piece or add left over blocks to their backing
02-23-2015, 07:53 AM
#12
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Location: No. California
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I piece most of my larger quilts and have never had a problem. Sometimes I do press the seam open, but not on blocks.....and I do it all the time. In fact, I just finished a table runner on my own DMS and I used a pre-done block on the back.....did not press the seams open and it worked without a hitch.....so whether on a DMS or longarm....no problems.....EVER!
02-23-2015, 02:24 PM
#13
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Location: Fairfield, OH
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I piece all of my backs. Good way to use up the stash so I can buy more. I asked my longarmer and she said it was fine but she did suggest to not make it centered because it can be hard to line up. I just put my designs off center. I look at some of the modern quilts and quilt blocks for inspiration.
02-24-2015, 04:58 PM
#15
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I often piece the backing as needed. I've also made a couple of reversible quilts and LAQ'ers have never said they couldn't do it. Though one time, I was disappointed that the LAQ'er didn't center the backing so the borders came out uneven. That's something to consider if you get into making reversible quilts.
Centering is tricky for 2 reasons--remember you need 4-6" on all sides for the LA quilter to attach the quilt so your pieced back design should allow for that, the other issue is with a vertical piecing, the rolling the quilt on the take up bar works just like if you rolled up a magazine--the pages don't stay exactly over each other. Still it's doable, but you need to talk to your quilter
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