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Backing color help please
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I would like to find a wide backing for this top, but am a loss as to what color would compliment it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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Love your top. I think that I would go with a blue backing fabric, but any color from the blocks would work also.
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its a beautiful quilt - great job! I personally am thinking something batik.. but not too strong so it doesn't over power the top.. but then again sometimes a bold backing is awesome.. see I am no help :) not sure if batiks come in wide.
Not sure if these links will work - but these I love https://www.fabric.com/buy/0459270/w...s-flourish-tan https://www.fabric.com/buy/0433002/w...-skylight-blue https://www.fabric.com/buy/0471409/k...-stripes-water https://www.fabric.com/buy/0471410/k...-stripes-retro |
Originally Posted by catsden
(Post 7702278)
Love your top. I think that I would go with a blue backing fabric, but any color from the blocks would work also.
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Originally Posted by meyert
(Post 7702280)
its a beautiful quilt - great job! I personally am thinking something batik.. but not too strong so it doesn't over power the top.. but then again sometimes a bold backing is awesome.. see I am no help :) not sure if batiks come in wide.
Not sure if these links will work - but these I love https://www.fabric.com/buy/0459270/w...s-flourish-tan https://www.fabric.com/buy/0433002/w...-skylight-blue https://www.fabric.com/buy/0471409/k...-stripes-water https://www.fabric.com/buy/0471410/k...-stripes-retro |
i usually go for the neutrals
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For some reason I really like a stripe fabric for backs. I would look for a stripe that had some of the colors from the front.
as another idea, I would make some additional blocks like you have on the front and run a row of them either horizontally or vertically on the back and use a complementary color or stripe on either side of the row of blocks. When I piece a back like this, I set the row of blocks off-center in a 1/3 and 2/3 ratio. |
You should be able to find a batik with most if not all of the block colors in it.
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Lovely top! For me it would depend on which fabric I was going to do my binding. I like the binding to coordinate with the top and backing. I might find a backing fabric and do binding in the peachy cream that is similar to the background in some of the blocks.
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The fabric that you have bordering the blocks would be my choice.
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