Originally Posted by cmor7
I agree that the LAer should have called you but... I would never have accepted a sheet for a backing and two sheets would have been way too much. In other words, you expected her to take two sheets, cut off the hemming, sew the two together, cut it down to size, launder to remove all that stinky sizing and then press the whole mess. While a sheet seems like a good backing option because it is one big piece of fabric, it is not appropriate fabric for quilting. The thread count is usually too high and makes it difficult to quilt through. It was unforgivable for her to cut your top but also unforgivable for you to expect her to make your back for you. Bad situation, no good solutions. I think she needs a new customer and you need a new LAer.
There should be NO "BUT" involved w/this at all.
1 - EVEN if a sheet is not the best thing to use the LAer ACCEPTED it (2 of them).
2 - She was "employed" by the top owner to do what the owner was paying for. If she did not want to or could not do that, she should have told the owner!!
3 - The LAer had NO right to cut, change, alter the top without 1st getting owners permission.
Perhaps there was mis-understandings on both sides, however as a professional, BEING PAID, the LAer should have made everything clear UP FRONT!
The top owner had no fault in this what-so-ever!