Originally Posted by
barny
MarLeClair, you're talking BACKGROUND FABRIC? That's for the top? Be careful what you use, because you're putting beautiful appliqué on it. Or are you talking BACKING FABRIC?
She's talking about using wide backing fabric as the background for her applique.
Wide fabric can be excellent quality or it can be very poor, just as with other fabrics. See how it feels, whether you can see through it (very commonly the case with wide white on white in my experience), and I would also check how it is after washing. If it's a good quality fabric there's no reason it has to be used on the back of a quilt, and if it's not good quality, I wouldn't advise using it anywhere.