It's the a common lacking element in most of the crazy quilt books as well. Almost as annoying as the "quilt as desired" for regular quilting patterns.
The traditional old crazy quilts that I've actually seen were all tied or tacked, with backing, no batting. And the ties were to the back.
I've actually got one sitting here that I'm supposed to finish for a friend. I finally found (3 years ago :roll: ) the perfect velvet border at Mary Jo's. So my plan is to put those on - wide, around 8".
The backing is dupioni silk - it was a remnant piece that was very cost effective ;-) , and I'm not crazy about the color so it's perfect. I'm not planning on using any batting.
And then I'm going to either "birth" it and tack it, OR tie/tack it the regular way, and bring the velvet to the back.
The thing is my friend wants to hang it, so I've got to make sure it's evenly stable enough throughout that it doesn't sag anywhere. And I really don't want to have to tack the velvet borders.
So that's possibly maybe perhaps what I'm going to do. :roll: