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backing fabric
I need some clarification here, please. I have some 108" backing
fabric which is really pretty. I'd like to use some of it to piece the top of my quilt. Is that an OK thing to do? I'm not worried about quilt police but I don't want to mess up a nice top with a "wrong" fabric. All advice welcome. Thanks. Morag in Detroit |
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You just go right ahead. The only thing different is the special width -
made so that you don't have to piece the back of a quilt. I keep my backing fabrics out of my sight so I'm not tempted to take a plug out of one when something else would be just fine. Okay. I'm sitting here changing my mind in mid-sentence. If your piece of backing is big enough to back a quilt, don't use it for quilt top pieces. It would disturb me. We don't want me to be disturbed. There. I wasn't any help at all except I'm hoping you just have a yard or so of the 108" stuff and then it will be okay with me if you use it on the top. Polly "Morag in Detroit" wrote in message ups.com... I need some clarification here, please. I have some 108" backing fabric which is really pretty. I'd like to use some of it to piece the top of my quilt. Is that an OK thing to do? I'm not worried about quilt police but I don't want to mess up a nice top with a "wrong" fabric. All advice welcome. Thanks. Morag in Detroit |
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It's regular quilting fabric, just made bigger for big quilts so you don't
have to piece your backing. -- Donna in Idaho Website: www.LinusIdaho.org "Morag in Detroit" wrote in message ups.com... I need some clarification here, please. I have some 108" backing fabric which is really pretty. I'd like to use some of it to piece the top of my quilt. Is that an OK thing to do? I'm not worried about quilt police but I don't want to mess up a nice top with a "wrong" fabric. All advice welcome. Thanks. Morag in Detroit |
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"Morag in Detroit" wrote:
I need some clarification here, please. I have some 108" backing fabric which is really pretty. I'd like to use some of it to piece the top of my quilt. Is that an OK thing to do? I'm not worried about quilt police but I don't want to mess up a nice top with a "wrong" fabric. All advice welcome. Thanks. Morag in Detroit Absolutely! It is called backing fabric because it is so wide and might eliminate some seams there. If you like it for your quilt top--use it. Mary |
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You won't mess anything up - but just a tiny caution.
Many of the wide fabrics sold as backing are a more open weave than "normal" quilting fabrics, and the threads have a lower twist. They can tend to stretch a bit with handling, and are a tad more prone to shrinkage. So if you want long borders or sashings try to cut them on the length rather than across. -- Cheryl "Morag in Detroit" wrote in message ups.com... I need some clarification here, please. I have some 108" backing fabric which is really pretty. I'd like to use some of it to piece the top of my quilt. Is that an OK thing to do? I'm not worried about quilt police but I don't want to mess up a nice top with a "wrong" fabric. All advice welcome. Thanks. Morag in Detroit |
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Thank you, everyone. It's such a relief to know that someone here will
always have the answer. Cheryl, I'm going to check the weave again but I think it's fairly tight. Polly, did you see the story about the python that swallowed a gator then exploded? Weird. If I do use the backing fabric, I won't tell you. don't want you to be "disturbed". Donna and Mary, thanks for taking the time to answer my question. Morag in Detroit |
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- unless it's sheeting - you shouldn't have anything to worry about - other
than thread count. You can see and feel the difference. -- http://community.webshots.com/user/snigdibbly SNIGDIBBLY ~e~ " / \ http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/snigdibbly. http://www.ebaystores.com/snigdibbly...ox&refid=store "Morag in Detroit" wrote in message ups.com... I need some clarification here, please. I have some 108" backing fabric which is really pretty. I'd like to use some of it to piece the top of my quilt. Is that an OK thing to do? I'm not worried about quilt police but I don't want to mess up a nice top with a "wrong" fabric. All advice welcome. Thanks. Morag in Detroit |
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Howdy!
disturbed: Too late, Polly. And I don't think it had much to do w/ the quilt fabric, front or back. VBG Good luck, Morag! Ragmop/Sandy "Polly Esther" wrote in message ink.net... You just go right ahead. The only thing different is the special width - made so that you don't have to piece the back of a quilt. I keep my backing fabrics out of my sight so I'm not tempted to take a plug out of one when something else would be just fine. Okay. I'm sitting here changing my mind in mid-sentence. If your piece of backing is big enough to back a quilt, don't use it for quilt top pieces. It would disturb me. We don't want me to be disturbed. There. I wasn't any help at all except I'm hoping you just have a yard or so of the 108" stuff and then it will be okay with me if you use it on the top. Polly "Morag in Detroit" wrote in message ups.com... I need some clarification here, please. I have some 108" backing fabric which is really pretty. I'd like to use some of it to piece the top of my quilt. Is that an OK thing to do? I'm not worried about quilt police but I don't want to mess up a nice top with a "wrong" fabric. All advice welcome. Thanks. Morag in Detroit |
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