Originally Posted by
GammaLou
I am just starting to make an Ohio Star quilt in (of course) red and white. I was planning on making the back in plain white but I friend of mine said that 'real' quilters don't put white on the back of their quilts. What's up with that?
Hey, GammaLou--What is the definition of a 'real' quilter? My high school students frequently asked me if my rings were 'real.' "Do you think you're having hallucinations?" I replied. "Do we need to send for an ambulance?"
I love using both bleached and unbleached muslin as quilt backs. The friend who does long arm quilting for me has begun to like those backs because the quilting shows up better on those fabrics than on prints.
And, just for the record, my 'real' rings were set with fabulous Austrian crystals. "Don't tell anyone," a jeweler friend advised me. "Only a jeweler with a loop will be able to tell the difference, and he or she would never tell."