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    I love piecing the backing also ..... here's my favorite look .... but as others have said.... there are many different ideas.
    I pieced a row of 10" squares together and used them as the vertical center of the back... adding enough fabric to either side to complete the backing. On another quilt I sewed all of my leftover jellyroll strips together and used it as the center strip.... again adding solid fabric to either side. I sure hope this sounds as simple as it actually is. If not ... please give me a holler and I'll try again lol ......
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    Gee, never thought of piecing the back. What a great idea and a wonderful way to use fabric. I have always just got the wider fabric. Can you tell I haven't made that many quilts? Thanks for the idea!

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    Quote Originally Posted by meemeecyn View Post
    Gee, never thought of piecing the back. What a great idea and a wonderful way to use fabric. I have always just got the wider fabric. Can you tell I haven't made that many quilts? Thanks for the idea!
    I have a quilt I'm going to back with fat quarters. I got them for $1 each while my LQS was having a superbowl sunday sale. They're all Thimbleberries fabrics, neutrals. I've never done a backing this way and am curious as to how it will turn out. Don't know when I'll get it finished....
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    I am really still learning and learn something new with each project.

    Today I learned to put whatever you piece in the middle or at least not at the edges.

    The one I finished today had to have the back a bit wider and I added to each edge and it shifted a tiny bit while quilting so the back edges look a little wonky. it looks OK, not gonna re-do it but will do it differently next time.

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    Lynn, most of my backs are odd color leftovers. Occasionally I will stick in a UFO and giggle about it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bubby View Post
    I recently had a quilt done by a LAQ and she told me the seam of your backing should always go crosswise because of the way the quilts are placed into their quilting machine. When I hand quilted everything, I placed the seam either way. I would even do that if I were using my home sewing machine. If you will be taking a quilt to be done by a LAQer I would make an effort to run the seam crosswise. Barb
    I think that would depend on the size of the quilt. The two lap quilts I just LAQ'd were about 4'x5' and we put them in the long arm sideways (long way side to side) so it took fewer passes with the stitcher.

    I don't think it would really matter which way your backing seam went but I'm sure going to ask the next time I'm in.
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