bkay

I'm making a couple of quilts that are about 44" wide. I just made the backing for one of them, and the seams may end up almost in the binding. Obviously, it doesn't look all that great, either. with the seam that close to the edge of the quilt. With the other one, I had some extra blocks, so I'm making a strip with them to add the extra width I need.

How do you handle the first one?

bkay

toverly

I would put a 6 inch strip off center vertically to give it extra width. When I need more, I will put in extra blocks.

Irishrose2

I add my extra width vertically, even if it's only a few inches. If you use a nice contrast, it becomes a design feature. If I didn't want a contrast, I'd seam the back somewhere about 1/3 of the way in. I have added a narrow piece at the edge when the back mysteriously became smaller than it needed to be. I'd rather an extra seam than unpin a pinned quilt.

Tartan

If the seam is going to be close to the edge, I would do an extra wide binding. You can still keep it 1/4 inch in the front and do it wider on the back.

loisf

If I had enough fabric, I would run the backing in the other direction with the seam in the middle.

Faintly Artistic

Totally agree with this.

Eva Knight

If I have enough left over fabric from the quilt top, I piece it together in strips to make piano keys. Some strips my be different widths. Cut to the size of piece you need to make the backing the size you want. If need to, I may add more small pieces to the strips. When making large quilts, I will do this at each end of the backing. I think it looks nice.

kristijoy

I would do this too. I would feel more comfortable during the quilting process if I knew there was extra on the edges.

bkay

Thanks, I'll take off those edges and add it to the center area.

bkay

wesing

This is a perfect application for the diagonal pieced back. We have done it a few times and love it.

Take a look at this calculator: http://www.multi-patch.com/html/diag...calculator.php

Here is a good pic of one of our diagonal pieced backs: Diagonal pieced back

The Flynn link in my post doesn't work any more, but there should be other more detailed demos on the web.