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Get creative with your quilt backing! Learn how to make a scrappy patchwork pieced quilt backing to take your quilt to the next level.

If you find yourself losing steam after your patchwork quilt top is made, you’re not alone. But wait! Finishing that quilt is going to be soooo rewarding. Here are some ideas to help you push on to make that quilt backing.

Not sure why quilt backs have been on my mind lately, especially considering the fact that by the time I finish a quilt top, I really don'...

Five years ago I started adding ideas for backing a quilt to my site. Fun things to do with the leftover fabric from making a quilt, to in...

Not sure why quilt backs have been on my mind lately, especially considering the fact that by the time I finish a quilt top, I really don'...

Picture Tutorial for piecing a quilt back diagonally - a great way of using less fabric yardage to make a quilt back easily.

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If you find yourself losing steam after your patchwork quilt top is made, you’re not alone. But wait! Finishing that quilt is going to be soooo rewarding. Here are some ideas to help you push on to make that quilt backing.

One of the things that I forgot to tell you in the last blog entry is why I sew the strips in the backing on an angle to lengthen or widen the fabric to fit the quilt. There are two reasons I do it this way instead of perfectly straight across or vertically. The first reason is because if you do it my way you don't have to be so careful when layering the quilt to get it straight on the backing. With my method you can be off a little and it will never be seen but with adding a strip parallel…

Discover 10 innovative ideas for creating fun and fabulous scrappy patchwork quilt backs. Add flair to your quilts today!

Learn how to sew quilt borders with this step-by-step tutorial. Learn how wide quilt borders should be, how to calculate the yardage needed and how to accurately sew borders to your quilt!

This fabric calculator will tell you how much fabric you need for both a quilt and its backing. Standard mattress sizes are given.

A quilt backing is usually one of the last things quilters think about when planning out a project. Rather the fabric, pattern and quilting motif or design comes first. ZJ Humbach explains why it is important to think about a quilt backing from the very beginning.

*Picture Heavy Post* Just catching up on the three baby quilts I've finished and haven't blogged. Because I know you're just DYING without minute to minute updates of my sewing accomplishments. :) First is the French Braid quilt I made for my friend who finally had the baby girl she's always wanted. I mostly used McKenzie by Dena Fishbein, with a few other scraps thrown in. The back is a favorite print called Circles from that line. The tiny black flowers are a Benartex print, not sure what…

ideas and inspirations for making unique quilt backs

Several times the question has come up about pieced backings. Can I? Should I? How do I? Starting with this post, I am going to keep a collection of pieced backings 'cause I think they are cool! In a nut shell, I LOVE pieced backings! This is a charity quilt backing I pieced with left over blocks from the front. I piece backings whenever I can. They add so much fun to a quilt. One of the first things that need to happen to make a successful quilt with a pieced backing: make sure all the…

What's the best way to baste a quilt? We share simple tutorials for 4 different quilt basting methods. Learn how to pin baste a quilt, how to spray baste and how to thread baste a quilt! Learn about their pros and cons and find out which one is the best for you!