just_the_scraps_m'am

do you use batik for backing, too? if not, what?

NikkiLu

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.

HTH

brushandthimble

Yes, I have used batik for the backing along with batik on the front. I quilted a quilt for a customer, the top was denim and batik on the back. no problem

Pat and pups

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.

just_the_scraps_m'am

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--

brushandthimble

You could use either.

just_the_scraps_m'am

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

littlehud

Those beautiful batiks on the back might make it a reversible quilt. That would be cool.

just_the_scraps_m'am

i wouldn't know how to act w/ a reversible Q!

ghostrider

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".