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First of all, I am totally in awe! What you have made for your backing is called an awsh*t block. Veryyyyyyyy difficult to make, impossible to do twice and cosmic in it's conception.
From looking at it, it needs squaring up and some sashing added as do all brilliant blocks to set them off to perfection. Once that is done, make your sandwich, add a little crazy quilting and bob's your father's brother. The most perfect and unique quilt in all creation.
You are a quilter! Be bold and be proud!
You know what? You are looking at it too much! Love the front. Split the back in half again. Insert a solid (you have lots of colors to choose from) and use the rest for the top and bottom. Great quilt!
I agree with Daisy!!! It is a wonderful work of art!!! And once it is all quilted it will be just beautiful!! You ment to make it that way cus that's what the fabric was asking for!!! :)
Hugs,
Jan G.
You had me at . . . 'and bob's your father's brother.'
Pieced backings are all the rage in the quilting community right now. Use up what you used on the front is very popular (and gives good readon to go shopping for the next project) instead of adding the leftover yardage back into your stash. Don't worry about things being equal in the back. As a matter of fact, center seams often take more wear and tear than seams that are off to the left or right, so don' t be afraid to off set some of your seams in the backing (think about how you fold a quilt...down the center first almost every time)!
Ok, you said you have a lot of the border fabric left..1)measure what the size of the quilt back should be 2)take the fabric you already have apart. Blocks of this fabric will probably have to be trimmed to the smallest size but don't cut anything off till you are done.3)Make strips or blocks to put into the center of the quilt out of the extra border fabric 4) put everything together. By the time you trim and sew everything together, you will have 4 blocks of your backing and either strips or blocks of the border fabric and it will look like that was the original plan! Don't give up on it, it's a beautiful quilt and your friend will love it, for many reasons and for many years. Let us know how it turns out. Send pics when you are done with it.
Oh, you could also just do strips of both fabrics on the back. Have fun with it!
How did you like doing the Drunkard's Path blocks? I started doing them a couple of months ago but never got back to them. I need to work on them.
And I agree with Cyndi, once it is quilted, you will never focus on the piecing of the back.
Take a look a these links on jaybirdquilts.com She shows and has a tutorial on doing a pieced quilt back. They look really nice. Don't give up on that quilt...it's to cute...hang in there!
http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/2011/04...out-quilt.html
http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/2011/05...uilt-back.html
I would have sewed in some of the other fabrics you used in your quilt top or pull some colours from your backing fabric and make large blocks; sash your blocks. Something like this. Use as many blocks and sashing as you need. This way no seam lines will cut your focus fabric.
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I agree with Cyndi. All the movement of that backing fabric is really going to work in your favor. Get it sandwiched, use a random quilting pattern, and bind it. Your friend will NEVER know it's not the way you planned, unless you tell her. And don't feel bad about cutting it wrong. I do that sort of thing all the time and people still seem to like my quilts.
