backing quilts

Mostly machine, although this particular fabric is butter-soft, medium weight. No problem for a hand quilter. The only reason it's not my main fabric source is that it only comes in large prints,

I like to piece with tone-on-tone or small prints.Roberta in D

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Depends on the quilt. I usually machine quilt, so seams don't bother me. I frequently use extra fabric from the front of the quilt in the back. Sometimes to "stretch" yardage to fit the quilt. When I piece I prefer to have lengthwise seams, and alway make them off center. That way if my basting isn't "perfect" it doesn't really matter as much. For one quilt I took the block used in the quilt, stretched it to a rectangle and used leftover fabrics to make one large block on the back of the quilt. Both front and back had the same fabric as outer borders so that exact centering wasn't an issue. Really looked good. My sister-in-law and her husband have that quilt up in Olympia,WA.

For my Dear Jane I am using the extra wide RocLon muslin for backing. Regular RocLon is what I used for the background/sashing/scallop border too, so it all goes together.

I have also been know to use outer wear fleece for backing/batting throws. It is 60" wide so usually doesn't need to be pieced. (One that did need piecing I used a diagonal seam, like the way John Flynn explains on his site. But I hadn't seen the John Flynn method when I did mine. )

Pati, > What are you people using to back your quilts? Sheets? What thread

while I like to piece with tone-on-tone or small prints.> Roberta in D

I think I'll stick with plain wheat or cream colored 300ct sheets.

Using fleece as a batting and backing sounds interesting. That would work great on a "tied" quilt. :^)

Roberta, That is just lovely! I could see using it as the "top" with a plain back! Wish I could get that here. I need to check out World Market and similar stores .... maybe I can find such products. Pat in Virginia

while I like to piece with tone-on-tone or small prints.> Roberta in D

Once you get a feel of this fabric, you will be hooked :-) And for me, it's a (relative) bargain: there's an outlet store not too far away! Instead of paying an arm and a leg, they only need the limb of my choice ;-) Roberta in D

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> while I like to piece with tone-on-tone or small prints.>> Roberta in D

I'm already hooked on the "feel" of fabric. Nine-dollar-a-yard fabric at LQS just

*feels* so much nicer than cheaper fabrics. Crisp but not stiff. Smooth. Why is that? :-)

Sherry

I'm already hooked on the "feel" of fabric. Nine-dollar-a-yard fabric at LQS just

*feels* so much nicer than cheaper fabrics. Crisp but not stiff. Smooth. Why is that? :-)

Sherry

Howdy!

Yep; what Roberta says ;-)

R/S