This is a really interesting topic! I had never heard of doing that before.
Thanks dcquilter and fabric-fancy! You both had really interesting comments!
Originally Posted by dcquilter
There's a very good book about this very thing called "Quilting Back to Front" by Larraine Scouler. I haven't tried it yet but want to. Here is her website:
http://www.pnc.com.au/~scouler/B2F/
Originally Posted by fabric_fancy
yes you can benartex actually sells backing fabric already marked with quilt designs for this very reason.