quiltingshorttimer

I quilt on a long arm and prefer using wideback--with pieced backing I've found that if someone has pieced with some length of grain and some width of grain going different ways that you sometimes get puckers on the LA. But I would also suggest you wash it--I find that some widebacks have of sizing in them to make it easier to get on the boards without stretching so much. The wideback won't be any harder to quilt on your machine than any other backing--if you cut the backing so that it's right for you quilt.

One tip I'll share that I've learned from others--the backing is really the foundation of your quilt, a good backing will make it easier to quilt and make the quilt last longer too.