Originally Posted by
citruscountyquilter
Does anyone have any tips and tricks for keeping the backing straight with the top when sandwiching the two together. In other words, how do you keep the centers of the back with the centers of the top since the backing and batting are cut larger than the top at that point. I glue baste.
I read somewhere where someone said they put a safety pin the the center of the back so they could feel it when they were matching it to the front. I haven't tried that yet.
This is the tricky part and difficult to do. This is why pieced backings are hard to show off. If they are a bit crooked, then it shows.
Here are a couple of mine. I suppose they "look like" I ran out of fabric. In truth, I did--I have to piece most backings as I don't have enough of one fabric to back a typical queen.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]516363[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]516364[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]516365[/ATTACH]