omak

If you notice, their price is for the 1/2 yard.
Joey


*** Exactly! After I looked at it and figured out price per actual yard, versus what my LQS serves up, I am better off staying close to home. I couldn't figure out ... why would anyone only buy 1/2 yard? <wave>

krabadan

Try Marshall's dry goods

marla

backside has very good prices! My lqs charges more because of thewidth. $12-15.

marla

1/2 yd! Oh well.

Carol W

Thanks for the info.

rufree4t

I just got an e-mail about batic for quilt backs. You can find them at
http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/Item...gn=WEB20100205

Shorebird

Try www.webfabrics.com.......she carries a good variety of the wide backing fabrics, and hers are all of excellent quality..

jojo47

My late mother used to buy 100% cotton sheets on sale (coordinated, of course) and then do whole-cloth quilts from them. Many of them are still in use, and on some the hand-quilting is coming undone; therefore I am practicing the art of hand-quilting those parts. It's taking me a bit of time, but I'm liking it, and not having too hard a time getting the needle through the fabric...must be a lower thread count.

Charlotte Dyer

Billy, My experience has been that the sheeting is a bit dense for hand quilting and/or inserting pearl cotton or embroidery floss for ties. However, they really make great backs. It's kind of a trade-off.

Happy Travelin

I made the mistake of using a sheet for backing when I first started quilting. If you are going to machine quilt, it's probably ok. However, if you are hand quilting, avoid sheets for backing - they are woven too tightly to easily rock your needle in and out and obtain nice stitches.