Old 05-30-2011, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Bonbonary
It's not a crazy question to me. I was thinking about asking the same thing. I have some backing material with swirls on it, and I thought I might use it to do my FMQ. I wondered, too, if quilting from the back made sense.
Yesterday, as I was waiting in the hospital for the Orthopedic surgeon to make an appearance, I suddenly remembered reading in an old magazine, that what we now refer to as the back( the full cloth side) was originally the front or "Good" side. The wealthy would have full cloth on both sides, the poor would have patchwork on both sides. Does this make sense to anyone out there on the board? :?:
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