Originally Posted by
hopetoquilt
Muslin is often used for a wide backing and it is not as nice/thick/strong as a cotton quilting fabric. It is labeled as muslin so just be careful with that.
there are a vast range of muslins- some are wonderful- and just as good as any quilting fabric you can buy-and make fabulous quilts - others are thin used mostly for foundations or other craft applications-most places that sell muslins have a variety to choose from and they will say- lightweight, medium or heavy-- you can also just open them up & check them out- they are just as good in a quilt top as in a backing-
there are as many different fabrics (catagorized) as backings as there are other fabrics-
i often purchase an extra yard of wide backing- just so i have a piece 36" x 108" to use in another project.
i love the wide batiks!
you can use backing fabric for the top if you want
you can also use regular yardage and piece your backings.