Originally Posted by
Mkotch
Heck, I use my domestic machine with a walking foot. Muslin is my favorite backing although I sometimes use yardage or make a scrappy back. Muslin is nice and soft and, yes, my stitches show, wobbles and all. It's evidence that a human made the quilt and not a machine.
Thanks for the reminder, Mkotch. We are humans and although we strive for a job well done, the apparent perfection of a manufactured quilt is not our goal.
When a quilt is washed and it crinkles, the wobbles, wiggles, and less than "perfect" quilting disappears. We know it is there but most other folk don't. A print on the back of a quilt hides small errors, agreed. I use muslin, small prints and matching thread. I have stumbled on how easily very light gray or very light tan thread can disappear into a print so my imperfections are not as apparent. I do about 80 % of my own quilting but even quilts that go to a long arm quilter not "perfect." and that's OK too.