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So long as your using a batting it should be fine. I'd wash the orange backing fabric as well, your quilt looks great!!
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You have a lot of white in your quilt so remember you HAVE to use a WHITE batting. I made a quilt once used a variety of white on white's and the cream colored warm and natural shadowed through. Be safe with your baking and do not use an intense color because it too may shadow through. I love your quilt and look forward to seeing how you choose to finish it.
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What a great looking top! Love the colors and the fabric you selected!
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I think I'd go with a light mottled or swirled orange/white. That way you can adjust the intensity of the orange to suit your preference and get one light enough that you won't have to be concerned about it showing thru.
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Definitely use a white (Warm n'White or similar white batting). I agree with using an orange, like a moda marble or this example (http://thousandsofbolts.com/index.cf...17&ParentCat=7) from thousands of bolts.
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your quilt is so much prettier than the pattern. beautiful colors
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I sure don't have the answer to your question but I do LOVE the quilt top! So pretty!
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Originally Posted by Prism99
(Post 6279267)
A lot depends on the batting you choose. Some battings will allow backing color to shade through; other battings are totally opaque.
Warm and Natural will probably not allow an orange backing to influence the top at all; however, compared to other battings it is somewhat heavy and stiff in drape (the stiffness does soften with each washing since this batting is primarily cotton). Hobbs PolyDown would be a good batting for this quilt because it is light in weight and offers a lot of softness and loft. However, it would probably allow a bright orange backing to shadow through to the top. |
Applique for the Terrified Quilter highly recommends using a Universal Needle so you do not have holes. I think this would apply to quilting as well. A universal needle does not puncture threads but goes to one side of them. However this might make a straight line not absolutely straight but then will one thread matter? Just a thought.
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I just finished a quilt with all the colors yours has and I chose a print with mostly white and a light spray of all the colors
that way as the quilt ages the orange will not show through.I was told that the back on a quilt to be used should never be darker than the back ground and all my quilts are for use. |
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