Need Help On Cutting Fabris For Back
#2
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Originally Posted by irma tapia
I have a lap quilt top 60x60 and I have plenty of fabric for the back, lengthwise. I am short fabric on the side of the quilt so which is the best way to cut the fabric :?:
After cutting the strips for binding from 42 inch wide fabric I'd probably have about 36 inch wide fabric which would still be plenty. If I don't have enough width, then I find other coordinating fabric to piece together (sometimes in a cool pattern so it is reversible!) to make the back large enough.
Hope this helps! Happy Quiltling!
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How much yardage do you have? 4 yards?
Do you not want a straight seam? But you want to use the one fabric for the back, right?
Sounds like an opportunity to use John Flynn's diagonally cut backing solution:
http://www.flynnquilt.com/media/uplo...nalpb1103.pdf/
Yes, it's scary looking. Just remember - he's an engineer. ;-) But it is decipherable.
here's another post with a review of the method:
http://bsue.wordpress.com/2007/03/25...ng-directions/
I've never used it as I like multi-fabric pieced backs but I've always kept it in the back of my mind just in case I found myself in your exact situation.
Do you not want a straight seam? But you want to use the one fabric for the back, right?
Sounds like an opportunity to use John Flynn's diagonally cut backing solution:
http://www.flynnquilt.com/media/uplo...nalpb1103.pdf/
Yes, it's scary looking. Just remember - he's an engineer. ;-) But it is decipherable.
here's another post with a review of the method:
http://bsue.wordpress.com/2007/03/25...ng-directions/
I've never used it as I like multi-fabric pieced backs but I've always kept it in the back of my mind just in case I found myself in your exact situation.
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