Quilt Backing
05-14-2014, 03:29 PM
#21
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I just ordered several samples from http://www.backsidefabrics.com/ . They will send up to 10 samples for free. And their prices are very very reasonable! They specialize in wide backing fabric. Check them out. T
05-14-2014, 04:05 PM
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I love using flannel as a backing, and lucked out at a thrift store close by. They run 1/2 off sales very often, and $6 for a king size high quality brand new set thrills me.. I have about 15 in my stash, and I am good to go for a while, and I'm not opposed to piece the left over pieces to make more backing.. I finished four scrap quilts for my staff, and used five different colored flannels, and we each have the same colors for backing in our quilts.. I ws able to get burgundy, hunter green, navy, and they looked amazing front, and back..
05-14-2014, 04:07 PM
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Why do you say the back shouldn't be scrappy? I sometimes use wide backs, sometimes use 45" fabric, but most of the time I use up scraps that were left over from making the front. Sometimes the back is almost as interesting as the front.
05-14-2014, 04:24 PM
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For me it depends on the quilt. For a baby quilt, I like to use coordinating fabrics because these are usually gifts that I want to look well finished and planned. If it is a quilt for me and I am going to be quilting it, I first want a subtle print to help camouflage my quilting stitches as I am just not that good at quilting yet-and I prefer the wide fabric if I can find it just to avoid having the center seam. Lastly if it is a special quilt that I plan to send to my LAQ expert, I look for a lovely coordinating fabric that will look good on the quilt and show off her beautiful work.
05-14-2014, 07:01 PM
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I use both wide backing and pieced backing. It depends on the quilt top and the online sales I find. Hancock of Paducah has been havind some good sales lately on wide backing. Also found a good price at Quilt Fabric Closeout for 44" fabric that matched one of my queen size quilt tops. I prefer a print rather than a solid color because it helps hides any mishaps in my FMQ.
05-15-2014, 04:01 AM
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I prefer wide backs- even flannels can be found in wide widths. often I choose a pattern/print fabric or batik- once in a while a solid is the best choice- solids tend to show every stitch while prints tend to help any errors disappear- so if you are not an excellent quilter a print is much more forgiving. I buy a lot of my wide fabrics from fabric.com where they have great prices and free shipping at $35 so expense speaking wide backs can be a much better deal. it does of course depend on what size quilts you tend to make though. I make mostly queen sized quilts- so 3 yards of 108" wide fabric at $12-$15 a yard gives me plenty of backing (with some left overs to add to the stash or only $36- $45 (when you think about 6 or 7 yards of regular 45" fabric to piece a back at $10-$12 a yard- you are looking at $60,$70 up to $72-$84...even batiks at $17 a yard for wide only comes out to $51 for 3 yards.
05-15-2014, 04:07 AM
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Yes, I order backings from fabric.com quite a bit and they're fine. Have also ordered from connectingthreads.com and they're good quality as well. I prefer to use wide backing just because it' easier but will piece a backing if it's cheaper or the design works better. I almost always use backing that has a pattern of some kind, don't like the solids but that's a personal preference.
I have a question-are the fabrics from fabrics.com of good quality? I have never ordered from them, but my daughter has asked me to make a quilt for a Christmas gift for one of her friends and she purchased the fabrics from fabrics.com, she is a definite NON sewer and just found them online.
05-15-2014, 04:08 AM
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Tartan, You lost me when you said you open the tube up are you meaning that after sewing the selvage sides together you cut down the center of the tube, then cut down the center of one of the pieces?
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