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#51
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I prefer to use print or colors on the back , it makes a second quilt when reversed (2 for 1) when I use a figured white, it makes the second quilt when it is quilted in colored thread everyone gets to make their choices, isn't that a great plan???
#53
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I love using both bleached and unbleached muslin as quilt backs. The friend who does long arm quilting for me has begun to like those backs because the quilting shows up better on those fabrics than on prints.
And, just for the record, my 'real' rings were set with fabulous Austrian crystals. "Don't tell anyone," a jeweler friend advised me. "Only a jeweler with a loop will be able to tell the difference, and he or she would never tell."
#54
Others are right - quilts always had white or muslin backings. I use both and a lot of them have had white or off white backings. I like to save most colored or printed fabrics for the fronts.
I'm glad none of my friends know anything at all about quilting. Or I would dump them. I don't have time for that kind of person.
I'm glad none of my friends know anything at all about quilting. Or I would dump them. I don't have time for that kind of person.
#56
I think some people may have turned away from white backs because you can see the quilting so well and busy backs hide flaws. But I believe a white or natural colored back can be beautiful. And absolutely nothing beats a red and white quilt!
#59
There is no such rule that I have ever heard of and your Quilt Police friend is not an authority (I hope) on quilting rules and regulations. Because apparently just about anything is OK - and it's your quilt to do with as you please.
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