Originally Posted by Butterflyspain
Well I will take this one up as I seem to be the only one around and the reason is to stop the build up of material. It makes it easier to quilt if you have only 1 layer. some of those blocks have 3 layers of fabric so it does help to cut the backs away.
Hope that helps.
Elle
Yup, what she says. I never would have thought of doing that, but I'm glad I am. And some of the lighter fabrics I'm using seem to look "cleaner" with nothing behind them.