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There is a right and there is a wrong side.
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Of course, I find there is always one person that will say, " Didn't you use the wrong side?" Ask to see their Quilt Police Badge!! I use what side I like so go for it!!
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Yes, use the back side. I sometimes use both sides of a fabric in the same quilt. I've never had any of the "quilt police" even notice. Go for it!!
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As long as you use the "wrong" side throughout the entire quilt you will be fine, you won't even notice that the other side was even an option.
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Hey, you paid for both sides didn't you? So now the fabric is yours. You can play with it any way you please.
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You can use both sides if you want. This gives you 2 fabrics to use if it is to be scrappy. Otherwise I'd use the one side throughout as suggested.
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Almost every quilt I've ever made has a border out of the "wrong" side of a fabric. It co ordinates with the colors I used of course, but is different enough to make a border that frames the quilt.
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Nope! Use the the backside if it is much nicer and you like it! No one is ever going to know but you.
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Originally Posted by Tadpole
I bought some white material that is a ( I hope this is right) Tone on Tone. White with little white flowers. When I would look at it it looked like the white flowers or the design on it was well a little off white. I hope that someone on here can understand what I am talking about. When I took it up to be cut I opened it up from the bolt and the backside of it was the white on white and I loved it but it is THE BACK SIDE of the material! My question is would it be wrong to use the back side as the front? I really like it so much better that the front. I really need help on this.
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i also have bought fbric like that , i used both sides , use your own judgement , it will not be wrong . :D
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YOU are the boss of your own fabric...it's entirely up to you! What freedom to have double the fabric to work with, so to speak, huh? Be brave!
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I use the backs of fabrics alot. Especially when I want a lighter tone for contrast in a quilt.
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Originally Posted by Tadpole
I bought some white material that is a ( I hope this is right) Tone on Tone. White with little white flowers. When I would look at it it looked like the white flowers or the design on it was well a little off white. I hope that someone on here can understand what I am talking about. When I took it up to be cut I opened it up from the bolt and the backside of it was the white on white and I loved it but it is THE BACK SIDE of the material! My question is would it be wrong to use the back side as the front? I really like it so much better that the front. I really need help on this.
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I just use whatever side I like the best. Several times I've gotten home with a chunk of sale fabric that I bought because it was cheap and I could use it up. Then looked at the flip side, fell in love, and gone back for more LOL.
Have fun, there is no wrong side. Just what Michele says about the Quilt Police........ |
Its yours....do whatever you like with it and don't feel the need to "explain" to anyone!
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I even took a class about tone on tones- there are NO rules. when the back looks as good as the front-use it-all are right, you paid for both sides :thumbup:
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you can use it any way you want - sometimes the back is great for certain effects
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use the side you like the best. You only have to choose which makes you the happiest. Dare to be different
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Tadpole,
I made a mostly plaid quilt and couldn't find a suitably light plaid for my background. I ended up using the wrong side of a red and white printed plaid and it works great and nobody knows unless I tell them. Here's the link to it. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...45965719jyLhbF Sharon W. |
I still have some of my late husband's shirts he got in
Hawaii, and he loved the ones that had been made deliberately with the back side on top. And these weren't cheap ones either!! Lovely, with gorgeous muted tones. i'll get around to cutting into them some day. Still have not found any like them in thrift stores or yard sales, or even in regular stores. Probably have to go back to the islands for more, if they even have them after about 35 years! |
Hey didn't you buy BOTH sides of the fabric? Use the one you like! :)
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Hey, there are no set rules in quilting! A lot of times I use the back side a a piece of fabric, maybe because I just like it or because I need something that is not so stark, etc.
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no you are not wrong using the back of any material I have often found some that the back looks better or just different than the front and I have used both sides, also this is just a design preference. hope this helps
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Go for it girl! Use your creative license!! The quilts will be really pretty! :)
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I made a miniature double wedding ring quilt once and didnt know I had used the wrong side until I went to bind it. So I made another one using the right side. Both were wonderful and nobody knew but me
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Originally Posted by stitchinwitch
There are NO quilt police in your house, right?? It is YOUR creation - GO FOR IT
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I see nothing wrong in using "either" side.
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It's your fabric. you can do what ever you want with it.
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Many of the national quilt "experts" use the back of fabrics on a regular basis. And they are not afraid of the quilt police. The recurring theme on this board is "If you like, do it". (Sounds like the 60s)
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Only one warning. be sure you used the same side throughout.
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I have been wondering about quilting from the back of the quilt, because it is hard to see markings on the fabrick, and the back is the same kind of White On White that you described. I think now I am going to actually go ahead and try it. Thanks for the idea.!!! :wink:
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You can definitely use the backside... I sometimes like the backside better myself... :) I heard this on a T.V. program I saw once... just have fun with it.. :)
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Never thought about using the back side of white on white or tone on tone. I might have to try this in the future.
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That is called white on white. I am making a quilt with it now. On mine, it is difficult to tell which is the front and which is the back. I hope I'm getting them all right; but, if I stick a few backs and right sides both, I'm sure no one will even be able to tell.
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You must be talking about the "Other" right side !!! Use it often. Just "re"-started on my applique blocks and discovered I am using the "other" right side---at the time I put the fabric together there must have been a reason. This way you have twice as much fabric :)
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Originally Posted by Tadpole
I bought some white material that is a ( I hope this is right) Tone on Tone. White with little white flowers. When I would look at it it looked like the white flowers or the design on it was well a little off white. I hope that someone on here can understand what I am talking about. When I took it up to be cut I opened it up from the bolt and the backside of it was the white on white and I loved it but it is THE BACK SIDE of the material! My question is would it be wrong to use the back side as the front? I really like it so much better that the front. I really need help on this.
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I can't say any more than the others so use the back side and enjoy it,
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I have made several quilts using the back side.
Sometimes I like it better than the front. One quilt I use both front and back. It looked like two different fabrics. Take a giant step out of that box. :-) Then send us pics. |
Originally Posted by nana pat
I have used the back as well as the front, on the same quilt, and there where none the wiser. As I have read on here several times,"You paid for both sides so why not use them?"
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It makes an interesting design when you can use both sides. They go well together and yet are different.
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