Originally Posted by
ChristyVA
Thanks everyone. I wish I had known this. I just assumed that if JoAnn's had it prominently displayed with the calico it would be worth using. I put together a twin-size nine patch quilt and find that, after quilting half of it by hand, it's already too ratty to ever use. I am so upset - a complete waste of money and a LOT of time.
Could you finish hand quilting it and then put on a "false" back on the quilt before you bind it? Then do some tacking or enough quilting to hold the back on securely without making the quilting on the front look odd. It would then be 4 layers but it shouldn't be noticeable. It would be better than losing all that hard work and money.