Help - How do I make wide backing
I'm sure that I read somewhere on the board that you could cut a 45" fabric on an angle and re-sew it to make it wide enough to use as a backing fabric without having a seam either right across or up and down. Was I dreaming? The quilt is only 52" wide for an expected grand-nephew.
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You could use fabric you like in a WOF piece then put borders on it. You don't have that far to go - about 10 inches?
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I would cut the 45" fabric in half and put the fabric needed in the middle sew together.
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I have seen pictures of this method and you are basically cutting the large rectangle from corner to corner on the bias. You then slide the triangles up or down until you get the right width for your backing. The problem I can foresee is resewing such a large seam on the bias. Am I missing something? I would think you would get some wobbles in the seam from stretch. Has anyone had good results using this method?
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Originally Posted by Christine George
(Post 5198599)
You could use fabric you like in a WOF piece then put borders on it. You don't have that far to go - about 10 inches?
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Thank you everyone. The "Piecing on the Diagonal" is what I had seen. I'll have to rethink this before cutting. Knew you'd come through!
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I wouldn't sew on the diagonal unless there was a special reason to do so. There's nothing wrong with a straight seam up or down. oops, make that across or down.
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Originally Posted by dunster
(Post 5198723)
I wouldn't sew on the diagonal unless there was a special reason to do so. There's nothing wrong with a straight seam up or down. oops, make that across or down.
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You need to have enough square inches to cover what you want.
If you only have 1000 square inches of fabric - no matter what you do with it - it still won't cover 1500 square inches of area. You also need a print or design that won't 'mind' being cut on the diagonal. You could take a photo of the fabric, and then cup up the photo to see what it might look like. |
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