Originally Posted by a1crafter
We were instructed not to use sheets for hand quilting because the thread count is usually too high and it is hard to quilt through by hand. It probably would not matter for machine quilting.
A1 has it right. The tight weave of the high thread count sheets made it hard to get ahandquilting needle thru. That being said, some long armers love them and some have machines that DON"T like them. As with most everything on this board: use what works for you! BTW I use whatever I have on hand that works with the front. I love Love LOVE scrappy backs and I hate Hate HATE to piece them! (I am SO weird!) This is my fav site for piecing a back.
http://www.maryquilts.com/off-center-4-patch-backing/
its my go-to pattern when I dont' have a wide back or enough of one fabric to piece a whole back.