[QUOTE=duckydo;5631321]There are lots of ways to make a backing, if you are going to send it out to a LA, it makes it so much easier on the LA if you make the backing at least 8" longer and 8" wider, then if there is any shrinkage when quilting there will be enough fabric.----(snip)--
And may I add, those extra inches on the side give the LAer a place to check the tension. If I forget to
have the quilter bring a few scraps of the fabric that is used in the top I raid my stash for similar weight & weave of fabric and stitch them out to the side on the extra backing & batting for tension checks.