Backing?
#2
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Asheville, previously Lake Vermilion, Tarpon Springs, Duluth, St Paul, Soudan
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Scraps from the front of the quilt, yardage that I no longer remember the original purpose for, rarely buy fabric specifically for backing unless I can't find anything that coordinates.
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I've used everything from sheets, broadcloth, co-ordinating fabric to flannels, pieced scraps , and lately even minky! Talk about soft! If you are using a domestic machine, use spray baste & thin batting ( or no batting) if trying minky. On a frame, load so selvedges are at sides, not on the leaders, as there is more stretch that way, and be careful not to pull too tight when advancing.
#9
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountians
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ooh....I cant use flannel (its too hard to hand quilt through), I can never use an old sheet ( it is IMPOSSIBLE to hand quilt through because of high thread count), I cant use wide fabric because I have to quilt on my lap and must break a king/queen/double down to smaller pieces anyway. That said......I am cheap, so I use leftovers from the front, leftovers from other projects, I've bought 99 Cent fabric from walmart that I thought I would regret, but some how, never did. Once I used plain muslin that was cheap at JA, and I used a 40% coupon to get cheaper.....that I did regret because it was so boring. Since I need 9 plus yds to do a king size , I go to an on line place like fabric.com and buy their specials for about $5/yd...I only have to get close, not exact, its a back after all. So my motto is scrap it up and be cheap. Once, for a grandmothers flower garden, I used up all my extra hexes on the back.....cant believe I cant count. See Below:
Another, I made wonkey log cabin blocks from leftover fabric or scraps of similar colors. See Below:
Another, I made wonkey log cabin blocks from leftover fabric or scraps of similar colors. See Below:
#10
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Location: North East Lower peninsula of Michigan
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I never got the concept of a sheet is to hard to hand quilt through. I have used sheets as backing on several quilts and hand quilted. I had no issues at all. And the backs are holding up just fine. I also had quilted a baby quilt with flannel backing no problem. Maybe I am not using the same types of things that you did. When I started quilting no one told me #1. Points are hard #2. 1/4 in seams are important #3sheets and flannel are hard to hand quilt. Umm I just did it. My Quilts have no missing points, are hand quilting and I have used all the things some say not to do. Lucky? Maybe
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