do you use batik for backing, too? if not, what?
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I saw the batik quilt backing fabric at Hancocks of Paducah last weekend for about $20 per yard - did not notice just exactly what the width was though. I just noticed they mostly had the "blenders" in that wide backing - nothing too wild.
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Originally Posted by just_the_scraps_m'am
do you use batik for backing, too? if not, what?
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I've used any cotton fabric that had similar colors or white muslin. They all turned out just fine. I prewash all my fabric so if it was going to shrink, it already had.
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the reason i asked is b/c i have a quilt & the front is a mix of batiks & cottons, & i'm not sure if i should use batiks on back or not--
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You could use either.
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sort of seems like a waste to put some awesome batiks on the back----maybe i should just put something UGLY on the back.....hehe
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Those beautiful batiks on the back might make it a reversible quilt. That would be cool.
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i wouldn't know how to act w/ a reversible Q!
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If you are going to hand quilt, I'd use a coordinating quilting cotton for the back. If it's to be machine quilted, a batik would be fine, but something like a Moda Marble or Northcott's Stonehenge would be a lot less expensive and still "go".
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