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Old 09-12-2013, 09:43 AM
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I'm almost through piecing a churn dash quilt top using 1930's prints. Now I've got to decide on the backing. I'm thinking I should stay with the vintage look and use a solid backing. All the quilts I have from my GGM (made many years ago) have solid colors on the back--no tone on tone and no small prints. Any ideas?
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I would go with a vintage look as well. Muslin? Or are you thinking something a bit more colorful? I usually try to coordinate my backings with something from the front - colorwise, at least.
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Grandmother would have used muslin - either unbleached or white.
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Old 09-12-2013, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by NJ Quilter View Post
I would go with a vintage look as well. Muslin? Or are you thinking something a bit more colorful? I usually try to coordinate my backings with something from the front - colorwise, at least.
I thinking about picking up a light color from the front--light green, light blue, etc. No yellow though because I seem to have a lot of yellow in the blocks.
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I agree...... Grandma would have used muslin.
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Grandmother would have used muslin - either unbleached or white.
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I don't know that I would agree. I have a quilt that my grandmother made with feedsacks and it does not have muslin on the back. Instead it also has a backing of feedsacks with an all over floral design on them.
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I recently quilted a vintage quilt top, and I used bleached muslin on the back.
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I don't know that I would agree. I have a quilt that my grandmother made with feedsacks and it does not have muslin on the back. Instead it also has a backing of feedsacks with an all over floral design on them.
The only ones I've seen have been my GGM and they had a solid color (blue, red, etc), backing. I've also seen some when I've been "out and about" with the muslin backing but I've never seen one with a floral backing. BUT it makes sense if feedsacks were used for both front and back.
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I think traditionally it would be muslin but I usually put something different because the muslin shows everything and tends to be weaker. So a small 1930 print for me. I would consider a solid 19 30 fabric or muslin if hand quilting or wanting the quilting to show up.
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I think traditionally it would be muslin but I usually put something different because the muslin shows everything and tends to be weaker. So a small 1930 print for me. I would consider a solid 19 30 fabric or muslin if hand quilting or wanting the quilting to show up.
I'm hand quilting so that is why I was thinking about using a solid color on the back but a small 1930's print would be a good option that I hadn't really thought about.
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