Comments on: Quilt Back Tutorial #1 – Side-to-Side Method

By: Judy Blinkenberg

Judy Blinkenberg — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:57:49 +0000

Thank you for your help. It seems I don’t buy enough fabric. I have to take the extra at the bottom, cut it in half and stack it together on the side. Being a fairly new quilter it’s hard to afford double the backing. Thank you

By: healthy chocolate chip cookies

healthy chocolate chip cookies — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:35:20 +0000

Thanks for the ideas you share through this blog.

By: Trudy

Trudy — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:35:19 +0000

I just watched your tutorial for backing a quilt. Of course my fabric is directional. Did you do that tutorial? I didn’t find it.

Thanks your tutorial was fantastic!

By: swooze

swooze — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:32:46 +0000

I was googling a tutorial for John Flynn’s diagonal backings. This post was a great find. Never thought to piece the back the way you described and this methos requires a lot less yardage than the diagonal method.

Thanks a bunch!!

By: kris

kris — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:32:08 +0000

Thanks for such easy instructions. Love your taped together board.

By: Cindi Huss

Cindi Huss — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:10:39 +0000

Hi–great tutorial, and love the fabric you chose!

Re: saving selvage, I save long pieces of selvage to use as string, and the strips off backing are certainly long enough to be useful. When string might be too hard and fine for tying up plants, for example, selvage works great. I also use selvage as ribbon when I wrap presents in the funny papers–fun, cheap, and guilt-free.

By: marty mason

marty mason — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:06:08 +0000

This helped me bunches so decided to share your site on my blog.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:12:49 +0000

Yes, but I have LOVED your pieced backs with several different fabrics so much I think I may never again go back to a backing of only one fabric… the other way is so much more fun. Like a little unexpected surprise if you peek on the other side

By: jacquie

jacquie — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:53:07 +0000

i have to tell you how much you are helping me again…this is making backs for the project improv quilts so much easier for me. i was going to ask about your cutting mat too…who’da thought about taping a couple together. great idea! thanks, as always!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:10:44 +0000

About the cutting mat: I taped two mats together with duct tape in the middle. The table is definitely a luxury!