Ok I am stuck!!!!!!Please help!!!!
06-21-2011, 12:30 PM
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I am going to submit a final pic of the french braid quilt (1st one ever made) then I will show what I am thinking about putting together for the backing. Heres the deal, I made the frenchbraid 110" x 106" and the black is 113 x 103 so I don't have enough. Now the lady going to do the quilting says she needs at least 8" sorounding the top I am thinking about using red and make a cross of 11" x 6" right in the center of the back in order for it to be large enough. There is NO actual red in my frenchbraid. What should I do????? Of course DH says he thinks its not good, but I thpought that so long as it was anything but white or neutral that it IS good. Very Confused
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back fabrics to use as a cross for the backing
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06-21-2011, 12:33 PM
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I think those would work fine for the back. It's the BACK of the quilt. It doesn't necessarily have to match. I have lots of quilts with a surprise backing. It's your quilt...do what you want to!! :-) I love our French Braid. I did one a couple of years ago and it's still one of my favorites I have done.
06-21-2011, 12:33 PM
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I had a huge quilt long-armed - and the long-armer had trouble lining up the stripes on the back (they ended up two inches from where I had hoped they would be)
If you want to put something on the back, I would suggest a design that was offset - so that if it didn't get lined up "exactly so" - it would not be a big deal
If you want to put something on the back, I would suggest a design that was offset - so that if it didn't get lined up "exactly so" - it would not be a big deal
06-21-2011, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
I had a huge quilt long-armed - and the long-armer had trouble lining up the stripes on the back (they ended up two inches from where I had hoped they would be)
If you want to put something on the back, I would suggest a design that was offset - so that if it didn't get lined up "exactly so" - it would not be a big deal
If you want to put something on the back, I would suggest a design that was offset - so that if it didn't get lined up "exactly so" - it would not be a big deal
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