How do you choose the backing for your quilts?
#61
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Originally Posted by jljack
If it's for "special" as in a gift or a raffle prize donation, I put a complimentary fabric on the back or tone on tone something or other. If it's for general use bed quilt, I use good quality muslin. No sense spending a lot of money on fabric for the back of a bed quilt that will only be used one side up!! IMHO. That's what I do.
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I usually choose a fabric that had something to do with the front. One time I used the colors on the front and it had large leaves. When quilting, I outlined the leaves and the quilting turn out wonderful. The leaves acted as a template.
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