skydiver70

I have used sheets and my mother did also. It makes them look more old fashioned.

Aquarius

I have used sheets as backings for my quilts all the time. It is cheaper for me and I do hand quilt then. Actually, I just finished hand quilting one, with not problem.

Marquilt

I used to use sheets for quilt backs, but I found them a LOT harder to hand quilt through.

zz-pd

I would use it if I had it, I have been so wanting to do a old quilt, and I was given some older fabric, so now I put that aside so it will be used when I get to do one. God bless.

Barb M

Yup, bedsheets lol :) It's actually my preferred way, first because i have to be thrifty, but also cus i get a pleasure out of being thrifty too, but that's just for me :)

Ladybugnana

Most of mine are sheets. I cant afford the amount of fabric to cover the back of all the quilts I make. If I only used fabric, I could only do maybe one or two a year. I say yes, use the sheets. I find it much easier and they seem to last forever- some of mine are 30 yrs old.

jitkaau

I think they would be ideal. The 'olden day' quilts were always made from old clothes and flour sacks, so I would go for it as long as the other fabric you use is of similar quality and weight so that you don't get too much uneven wear.

leatheflea

Goodwill cant keep enough in stock. I buy them up as quick as they come in. You can get nice fabric cheap when buying sheets.

lovinquilting

This sounds great. Crazy question - do you leave the sheet whole (after cutting the hems) or do cut it and the piece it together?

FroggyinTexas

Leave it whole unless you have to add length or width to make it fit the top.