Show off you backside! Quilt backs that is! :)
#92
I have yet to make a quilt with a boring backing. When I first started I had trouble with some of the established quilters in the area - telling me I was doing it all wrong! I just chose to ignore them and did it my way. By doing the back differently - it makes the quilt more user friendly if you like. because it can be reversed - or when folded back you get a glimpse of something new and unusual. Keep at it!
Granted I've only made a handful over the past 3 years - I'm really new at it. I guess I've made 6 baby quilts for gifts and 5 queen/king size quilts as well. Goodness I really have found something I love to do. :lol:
Granted I've only made a handful over the past 3 years - I'm really new at it. I guess I've made 6 baby quilts for gifts and 5 queen/king size quilts as well. Goodness I really have found something I love to do. :lol:
#97
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All are terrific, but I esp. like the names.
I have a couple that I pieced the back, like a strip of drunkard's path and a couple of log cabins and then big blocks of color. It is a bonus.
I don't like plain backs anymore. At the very least I piece the name plate.
I have a couple that I pieced the back, like a strip of drunkard's path and a couple of log cabins and then big blocks of color. It is a bonus.
I don't like plain backs anymore. At the very least I piece the name plate.
#98
Hancock's of Paduca has 120" wide Moda white muslin for 7.98 a yard and I'm going to order some for backings and what I cut off will be used for quilts. info provided says it like Kono Cotton. Wide backings with prints and/or colors are 9.98. These are excellent prices as all of them are name brand. If you order $40, or it may be $50, shipping is free so I'll also order some in the light tan swirly patterns. I think 2 1/2 yds of each will do it. I'll be making a few large quilts soon and these wide backings will work out great, and as I say, leftovers will be used for smaller quilt backs as well as for blocks. I make a lot of scrappy blocks and I always need leftover light fabrics.
Last edited by May in Jersey; 06-20-2012 at 09:48 AM.
#100
Smart lady. Wish I would think of things like that!!!
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