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Can you quilt with back side up?

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Old 10-29-2011, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by irishrose
I had a whole book from the library on quilting from the backing side, so the answer has to be yes. By using a patterned backing, there was some interesting quilting done.
I've seen this, too, with some VERY cool results!
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Old 10-30-2011, 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by kraftykimberly
"Can you quilt with back side up?"

Ohhhhh, you mean the backside of the quilt, I thought you were talking about my backside being up. hehehe

A real "Kodak" moment! :D
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Old 10-30-2011, 07:27 PM
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yes i have seen it done before
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Old 10-30-2011, 08:48 PM
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Yes, I know at least one lady who does it that way. Now that I have a better machine, the bobbin side would look just as good on the top as on the bottom!
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Yes. I haven't done it, but I know someone who has. Her reason was so she could mark up the back and then quilt on the markings. I have also seen people who wanted the bobbin thread on top - they hand wound something on the bobbin that couldn't be a top thread.
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Yes. This is called “bobbin work”. You can also put specialty threads and even thin ribbon in your bobbin that would not be able to be used in the needle. I do a lot of bobbin work. It’s a lot of fun. Just make sure that your quilt is securely basted. You might want to Stitch in the ditch first, then flip it over and quilt from the back.

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