| wesing |
06-14-2011 03:32 PM |
Ok - for all of you who are curious about this method, I would like to suggest that you try it at least once. If you use the calculator on the second link, and add one inch for the seam allowance, you can use the diagonal method to make a back if your top is less than 1.5 times the width of the backing.
I wish I had taken pictures of the process; I will do that next time. My back was 41" wide, and the top is 45" square. I thought this was a good candidate for this method since I really only needed a bit of extra width. Normally we would just split the backing fabric on the fold, and add extra blocks or fabrics from the leftovers from the front, and let that make up our shortage. We would have needed about 1.5 yards for that method. The calculator called for 2 yards, and I used almost all of it.
As far as the bias cut, it wasn't too bad. I will starch next time for sure. I had a bit of unevenness when I got the back together, but it quilted out pretty good. I'll let you guys tell me what you think when we post the quilt later tonight.
Grambi - the purpose of the method is to minimize the amount of backing fabric you need. Another benefit is that with a diagonal seam, you don't have a place on the quilting frame where the seam stacks up on top of itself and causes bunching. Since the seam is diagonal, it's distributed evenly across the width of the quilt.
Kim had an appointment this evening and she wants to do the binding, so the quilt isn't quite finished. As soon as she gets it done I'll post pictures front & back.
Darren
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