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How to Quilt>quilt backing
Quilt Back
Really, who plans ahead for the backing fabric for their quilt? More often than not I wait until the quilt is finished to get the fabric, since I rarely know how large the quilt is going to be. Then when I'm ready, I head for the fabric shop, quilt in hand, in search of the "right" fabric. The most obvious way to create a backing for a quilt is to get one piece of fabric slightly larger than your quilt top, and use that as a backing fabric. However, sometimes that isn't exactly possible. It could be that the quilt is larger than any width of fabric. Or, sometimes it was so long ago that I got the fabric for the front, the styles have changed, and there is nothing that looks even remotely like what I want for the back. That was the case for this quilt that quilting daughter, Stephanie, and I made years ago. During the workshop, we made a bunch of blocks, not knowing exactly how the quilt would go together. When we got home, it was time to create the design, and once the top was designed, we had 4 blocks and some miscellaneous pieces of fabric left over. As I thought about what I wanted for the back, it seemed logical to use the blocks, and then what? As you can see in the picture below, I added strips of fabric to surround the blocks and make the back large enough. Someday I will even finish quilting this quilt - there are only 3 blocks left. You wouldn't think it would be that difficult!
Happy Quilting!
Penny Halgren www.How-to-Quilt.com
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