I have been quilting just long enough to get over confident, and today, I gleefully started to quilt my Corvette quilt. I had bought a checker black and white fabric, like a race flag for the backing.

I made two full length stitches before I realized I had forgotten to pull down the walking foot and therefore I had puckers everywhere!

And then when I started ripping the thread out, I noticed that the seams on the back didn't line up with the backing right, and it just looked awful.

I finished ripping out the thread, thinking the whole time about what I wanted to do, and I have decided that I just have to buy different fabric for the back, because I will never get the backing to line up right.

So, phooey. Tomorrow I am going to buy some plain red or gray so that if I pin it on crooked, as I will, it won't show.

Yeah, I'll attach a picture of my quilt. You will agree that a checkered back would have looked wonderful. Maybe sometime I will use that backing, on a smaller quilt, and when I am a bit more experienced!! My quilt will still look very good, and I will try to forget how I had it pictured mentally!

But....still...phooey.

Yes, your quilt will look gorgeous!!! I see your quilt inspector is already giving the "approval"!!!

Yes, my quilt inspector is also here inspecting my typing!

That checkered backing might be a good fabric to use when quilting from the back sometime, rather than the front.

It really would have been wonderful with this one though, I agree. :-)

Jan in VA

Now that is a good idea. Thanks. That would work. And maybe someday I will be doing something besides stitching in the ditch! :)

oh my!! the front is absolutely STUNNING!

WAIT...why not just make a border around your backing fabric...that way it will still look they way you wanted and it will line up ok!

Love it!

Maybe you just had the wrong checkered flag fabric.

Timeless Treasures makes this one, and the lines are all wavy, which would hide all the ... uh... variability.

(Sorry, we don't have it... but search on it's pattern number and you may be able to find it. gm-c5813)

At least use the checkerd fabric for the binding. It sounds like the perfect companion anyway.