Backing of a Quilt
08-22-2011, 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
Your quilt. Your front. Your back.
I've done "back art" on mine for decades!
There's something really efficient about thinking of a quilt as having two sides and being two quilts, in my opinion. :-D
Jan in VA
I've done "back art" on mine for decades!
There's something really efficient about thinking of a quilt as having two sides and being two quilts, in my opinion. :-D
Jan in VA
08-22-2011, 04:05 AM
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I usually use a single wide fabric, although while I was on a "use it up" binge, I did piece a backing for a baby quilt. I would have had to make a run to the fabric store otherwise. You do what you gotta do!!
08-22-2011, 04:25 AM
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I think this is a good way to stretch fabric. I only bought 4 yards of backing for a quilt I want to do and worried if I had enough. I know I have plenty of the material I'm using for the front so I'll add some squares to the back to stretch the 4 yards.
08-22-2011, 04:53 AM
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I think we all do our own thing. I did my first pieced back when I was trying to "stretch" my backing to fit a bigger quilt top. I just plain needed it to be bigger. Then I sorta liked the "somewhat" pieced interesting look I came up with that coordinated with the front, and did it on several more. It's "2 quilts for the price of one" this way, although I never make my backs as showy as the front.
08-22-2011, 05:03 AM
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I believe that there is no wrong or right way to finish the back of a quilt. We use what is most available to us, piecing, wide fabric or sheets if one so desires. The idea is to finish what we started, don't let anyone tell you how it MUST be done, do what you like. I myself like wide backings because I have pieced the front and don't want to piece anymore, I want to see my finished project.
08-22-2011, 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Holice
Granny Quilter: I disagree with your quilt class instructor. I'm a judge and I don't judge the back other than if pieced it is well done and not crooked. I don't know everything, but I don't know of a single show that had criteria for the back. Some recent quilters do very fancy stuff on the back but that is irrevelent to the top.
So I think your quilt class instructor is giving a personal opinion. Perhaps there are local fairs that require this but not in my 100's of judging experience. We look at the back to see if the back stitching is well done and may say "how clever to piece the back" but that's it.
So I think your quilt class instructor is giving a personal opinion. Perhaps there are local fairs that require this but not in my 100's of judging experience. We look at the back to see if the back stitching is well done and may say "how clever to piece the back" but that's it.
08-22-2011, 05:52 AM
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My personal peference is if it's not a secondary design that looks well thought out I don't care for pieced backs. If I have to seam the back (which 99% of mine are) I prefer one fabric; not a hodge podge.
08-22-2011, 06:04 AM
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Love the way you pieced it.. I recently had to piece one but was not as clever as yours...
Originally Posted by bjeriann
I usually do a plain or one fabric back but the last quilt I did I mis measured and had to piece it. So I got creative, I like the out come.
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