sparkys_mom

I really like pieced backs so if my quilt is wider than normal WOF, I will piece some patchwork into the back. And I do it sometimes even when the normal WOF would work just because I like it.

quiltingshorttimer

Another way to keep some extra fabric to repair the top is tuck some behind the label--that way it will be washed, etc when the quilt is. But I really like to use widebacks on bed quilts, it's easier, you don't have to worry about seams "stacking" with the top and back bouncing the long arm, etc.

sewbizgirl

Why not? Scrappy can work for a back as well as a front.

Silver Needle

As a long arm quilter I really appreciate this suggestion. It would make quilting pieced backs much easer.

judi43

Hi Tartan,
Can you please detail how you doing your backing in the Bellaboo method. Thanks

leamelon

I use sheets for smaller quilts. I use fabic 108 found at Hancock fabric

maviskw

I'm not Tartan, but maybe I can help. You really don't need to make the tube to accomplish this pieced backing in this way. Just leave one piece whole and cut the other one in half right down the middle. An easy way to find the middle is to fold it in half and cut that fold off. Cutting off just a 1/16th of an inch or less will do it. Then sew one of the halves to one side of the whole piece and the other half to the other side. You have two seams equal distances from the middle.

If you can understand this, maybe you will also understand the tube method where you sew these two seams first and then cut one of the pieces down the middle. The cut-off-the-fold method works here, too.

franc36

While I like the 108" backing, I usually use a pieced backing. When I remember to do so, I use the tube method. I make the backing from my favorite fabric used in the quilt top.

quiltingfever

I love to use the wide 108" for backing. Solids show the quilting design better than a busy print so depending on the quilt design I plan to do I keep that in mind when I select my backing.

bobquilt3

I try to put some left over pieces of fabric from quilt top in the backing. That way if repairs are ever needed there is fabric in the backing to repair the top. It is the same age, has been washed as often and the same way. The may be a slight color difference but usually not great.