The "Crafty Gemini" has a great video on squaring up quilts. Her video is how I learned to square up mine. If I knew how to link it I would, but I'm not that tech savy.
Hi I am also from Toronto via Halifax and have landed in Whangarei NZ. Natalie's videos are awesome. I always add orphan blocks and extra scraps to my backs now. All wonderful tips. I call it the #afterquilt after seeing Karen Brown on @justgetitdonequilts. Missouri 🌟 you are the best at inspiring quilters worldwide! 😊
When I first started quilting, I felt like I had to have one large piece of fabric on the back. Over the years, I've changed my methods, and now I always use pieced backing. I try to use up extra yardage from the quilt top, extra blocks if I have them, whatever. I love the look. Natalie and I think alike - the back looks great when it's funky!
I’m a big fan of Natalie! I’ve often wondered why “double sided” quilts aren’t very mainstream. Especially if you’re quilting with an all over pattern.
Happy to see Natalie discussing the process of backing a quilt. I would love to see a video addressing the problem of borders becoming distorted or wavy. Thanks!
Finally, someone showed exactly how the backing is sewn together and how to use directional fabric. Thank you, thank you. I hope someone will show how to use a panel that has a wonky border without cutting it off and how to square it.
I really like the way you said by keeping your long fabric in one piece and fold and stitch the selvedge edge then cut in half. Wow. That will make my life so much easier. Thank you
My daughter wanted giraffe fabric on the back of her quilt. She picked 3 different fabrics 2 of them were giraffe spots in 2 different rainbow color themes the other was giraffe animals with a blue background. I took the giraffe with blue as a panel used the more blue tone rainbow as squares on either side to make a 1/2 yard strip then added the general rainbow as the top and bottom. My other daughter wanted galaxy on the back. Not knowing what quilt pattern or size I was going to make I didn't buy enough fabric. My solution was to frame the 2 tapestry sized panels with fabric that worked with it. Several pieces made the back but it worked.
Natalie I am beyond excited that you are getting your own episode !!! I love how you teach and your style. Thank you MSQC for letting Natalie be on you tube too!!!
This was a great episode. I just hear my grandmother saying "the back should always be one color". Bless her soul. Some day I will get that out of my head. I loved the different backs. Makes a whole new quilt. Thank you for the inspiration.
As I am thinking about Finishing My Quilt, I always try to do something special and different for each quilt. Scalloped borders, piano key border, flying geese in one corner, etc. I also like to make my top border a little smaller so I know how to make the bed...... you are a great teacher..... you explain things soooooooo well. Most of my scraps are leftover border pieces. NO need fro
Check out "Just get it done" quilting channel. She has several tutorials about what she calls "after quilts", backings that incorporate leftover blocks or top materials.
Love having a new MSQC series to watch, this one was very informative. Natalie, you are so creative, I enjoy seeing what you come up with. Your quilt was darling, I just loved your quilt backing. All the quilts shown were so very pretty! ❤
I have the worst time trying to figure out how to piece my backings. Just can't seem to conceptualize how to do it. This video has shown me a way I never thought of! I will definitely try it on my next quilt. Thank you, Natalie!
Oh Natalie!!! Thank you for speaking about this. I added a 3 rows from my front to extend the fabric on a baby quilt. My husband, who doesn’t know crap about quilting said “it looks like you were too cheap to buy the extra fabric.” I told him it created balance from the front to the back. Finally, someone validated me. Yes, I didn’t want to purchase another yard of something that I didn’t really need, but I thought I was being frugal. 🤪🤨
I have been looking forward to Natalie starting her own show. Always loved when she would participate with her Mom. I agree she's so smart and talented. Glad she's sharing her tips.
I was so thrilled to see Natalie doing this great informative video!!! I was just thinking how nice it would be to see her do something to help us quilters out. Her quilting spot there is just darling.Way to go Natalie !!Please show us more of your great stuff!Thank you!!
This was a great topic..and too often overlooked. Thanks for the great ideas and tips. Your presentations are always concise and without a lot of extra chitchat. Looking forward to more from you,natalie!
This is so helpful, thank you. I have never heard or read anyone explaining backing fully to me before. Now I realise I have spent time and fabric I didn’t need to! Looking forward to more in your series!
Great presentation Natalie! Your enthusiasm shows! I love to piece backings as well, but do my own FMQ on my domestic machine so don't worry about placing of the pieces so much. I use leftover blocks, or even sew strips of various widths and lengths together to use up, and then add whatever other sections of fabric I have on hand (especially at this time when fabric was harder to come by) to complete the back. Fun and interesting! Cheers from 🇨🇦🍁
It's great that you have your own space! There is a great lady whose site is "Just Get it Done." She has a whole thing on what she calls "after quilts" and she goes into details on how to use all your leftover pieces to make the backing. Hope to see you on air again lady.
Great job Natalie! Can definitely tell that you are gaining more confidence in front of the camera & not looking off to the side as much & smiling much more☺️You have inherited great quilting and teaching skills from Mom, keep up the great work and thanks for all that you do!
Thanks for showing us those lovely examples of different ways to back a quilt. Look forward to your next tips-and-tricks video. ~Diana from Hamilton (Ontario, Canada).
I always find the best quilt compliment I get is when someone folds one of my quilts with the backing side out because it looks as good and interesting as the front.
Great job Natalie!! I just wanted to share that I always piece the backs of my quilts. I make my quilts as "hugs" for those that receive them and on the back - usually in the "label row" is where I use the extra blocks or fabrics from the front, the label is usually in the middle of this row. I leave enough on the ends so that if some of that gets cut off it's ok, it makes the row look like it is floating on the back. Everyone is always excited to see what's on the back. I actually "design" the backs on graph paper to make sure my back will be big enough. It takes a little longer to complete the quilt, but it uses up extra fabric from the project and make a surprise for the recipient on the back.
Thank you Natalie you’ve helped me a lot! I really enjoyed this tutorial about backings! I love the idea of using the extra blocks on the back it’ll unify the quilt!
I made a quilt with remnants from my grandchildren's flannel pajamas that I have made over the last 10 years. For the backing, I cut 12.5 inch squares of the flannel, and sewed the blocks together until it was the right size. To avoid having to match seams, I made every other row start with a 6 inch block. I love that quilt.
great ideas. I’ve been playing with my backs during the pandemic because I made a quilt front and didn’t have quite enough fabric for the backing. So i sewed some of my scraps from the front together into 2.5 inch squares in a strip and used them somewhat randomly to widen the back in 4 different strips that were spaced evenly top to bottom but varied sided to side. It turned out to be a much quieter, calm, and zen but same colors so I can just flip the quilt over when I need it to be calming. I love it!
I love this episode. I learned from an elderly quilter that she never buys backing fabric. She uses pieces from her stash to back her fabrics. That is what I do to my quilts. My backings are pieced with a bunch of colorful fabrics, whatever I have on hand, and the quilts are always reversible. Hoping to see more of Natalie.
Thank you, Natalie, for this series. I have not read the preceding 664 comments to see if someone else mentioned this, but some folks refer to a pieced backing an “after quilt” when it includes one or more elements from the front. Fun stuff!
I love to hear Natalie’s advice/perspective, she’s so creative and helps get my mind out the box I sometimes get in. I’m looking forward to more episodes of The Final Stitch!!!! I also love love love her pegboard with cross stitch on it....so awesome!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍
I have pieced my backing for several years now. I like the fun look and I try using leftover fabric as much as possible. Thanks for the refresher. I can’t wait until the shops open again.
This was a wonderful and informative tutorial. Natalie is a natural, just like her mom! I’m really looking forward to seeing more of these videos from Natalie and the MSQC staff. And thank you for the free pieced backing download!
Great information. You thoroughly answered questions I've had for quite a while. The questions & comments of the off-camera person were very helpful at getting further explanation or phrasing it in a different way. It made other information very understandable and interesting. I liked the pace, and the tone of this video. Fast enough to not be boring, but low key and not rushed.
I appreciate the fact that Natalie shows very attractive backing using smaller pieces to make a colorful back instead of purchasing the whole thing in one piece. I really enjoyed this new program. Thanks!
Loved this episode and look forward to many more episodes of the Final Stitch. I have always loved seeing Natalie in any video and I'm so happy to see her with her own series.
Thank you Natalie, your ease in front of the camera and knowledge of quilting is so appreciated. I’m so excited about your new series and can’t wait for the second episode. ⭐️
Thanks so much for explaining about piecing the backing for the quilter as opposed to self-quilting. I’m getting ready to piece a back for a small kid’s quilt, and now I know how to assemble it correctly. 🤗
I really enjoyed the final stitch I learned a lot. Excited for episode 2. Natalie you did great job. I hope to see you do more your so much like your Moma.Thank you
What an AWESOME video!!!! I have always struggled with piecing a back and you make it sound so easy. You’re an excellent teacher. I can tell I’m going to learn a lot from this series. Thank you for doing this and thank you for making it free!!!
Hope this becomes a regular series with Natalie. She is quite likable . It is so nice to see someone talking about quilting who enjoys it as much as we do. Backings is a topic that doesn't get a lot of attention, and it seems to be assumed "everyone knows that part of quilting". I like a quilt with personality on both sides. Great job Natalie !
I found this video super informative. I even sent my daughter-in-law a link so she could watch it. Thank you Natalie! Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming.
I love piecing a backing with a pattern as I used make a lot of curtains and I love the satisfaction of doing a good job of matching the pattern thankyou Natalie love how you have your own show you have come a long way since I first saw you a shy young lady keep up the good work kim
Oh my goodness Natalie, What a good topic, so helpful. I didn’t know how to make the backing. That’s why I have often used a wide back. Thank you so much 👏🥰👍 Chris-Raleigh NC
Love your videos Natalie! I love that you are real! That you know your stuff and show your quilt you made. Love that there are no rules with quilting! I do whatever works to complete my quilt. Pieced or solid backs are fun.
I enjoyed watching this. You had some great information. I wish I could have heard the person interacting off camera better or maybe you could repeat their comments in the future.
I love Final Stitch. So informative and helpful. I would find it so helpful if you did a video on binding. How to put it on straight sides and how to put it on a scallop edge. I also would find a video on choosing what thread color to quilt with very helpful. Thank you for sharing your amazing gifts with us!
Hi Natalie! So nice to see you doing "The Final Stitch". I don't live far from MSQC...so I just gotta take the time to come visit you all, and those fabulous fabric stores in Hamilton! Love this today, with the pieced backing! I haven't done a pieced backing yet, but you have encouraged me to do so! Many blessings to you, and your family!
Fun! Thank you Natalie. All was helpful and interesting. I especially liked the last one. My first bed sized quilt was sort of like that. I had to keep on adding more borders to make it big enough. My super forgiving son was the recipient - he loved it. Really enjoy the new show. Congratulations.
Thanks that was great and I just did that to my Covid19 quilt. The back is as crazy as the front. I named it that because of being shut up for so many months. Thank God staying healthy.
I love everything about the last quilt, charm squares and pieced backing. So very colorful! I've been stressing that the backing had to be one piece, thanks for these gorgeous examples of how wonderful piecing them can be.
Great show Natalie. I have always let the long arm quilter put the backing together so I was not sure how to do it. Now I know and perhaps I will do my next one and I love the ideas about adding interesting elements to it. I would like to see an episode on tips and tricks to applying labels to a quilt.
I’m adding to the squaring up request. I’m always confused, and/or not understanding the square up process when you don’t have borders on your quilt. If there are no borders are you supposed to cut the top in a way that mangles the pattern? Is there a “forgive” amount that wouldn’t need squaring? I just don’t understand squaring something that is sewn with straight lines and how you compensate for the straight lines and the “squaring “ process. Thanks so much. I can see that I’m going to want to watch these videos pretty religiously as I’m a fairly new quilter and still learning a lot! I’ve learned so much from Jenny, and having Natalie join in is fab!
Thank you Natalie.. as son as you said "no big deal"... i was validated... wasn't quilting supposed to have originated out of "necessity"...LOL I LOVE this hobby and as a retire gal with WALLS of fabric i can't sew fast enough... visited MSQC once about 6 yrs. ago.. I'm married to "pieced and scrappy backings"..Hugs, GrammaBabs
I love the fact that you don't judge those of us who NEED to align prints for backing. I too use blocks on my backs when I can and your tips when having quilts long arm quilted are very helpful.
I would like a “Final Stitch” on squaring up a quilt. I really enjoyed today’s episode.
The "Crafty Gemini" has a great video on squaring up quilts. Her video is how I learned to square up mine. If I knew how to link it I would, but I'm not that tech savy.
Me too!!
Yes, squaring up a full size quilt
Yes, PLEASE! Squaring up!
Me too❤️
Hi from Toronto, great to see Natalie with her own episodes!
She is just so easy to listen to. I usually like live but she is just good to listen to.
Hi from Tina from Wisconsin. Very informational.
Hi I am also from Toronto via Halifax and have landed in Whangarei NZ. Natalie's videos are awesome. I always add orphan blocks and extra scraps to my backs now. All wonderful tips. I call it the #afterquilt after seeing Karen Brown on @justgetitdonequilts. Missouri 🌟 you are the best at inspiring quilters worldwide! 😊
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When I first started quilting, I felt like I had to have one large piece of fabric on the back. Over the years, I've changed my methods, and now I always use pieced backing. I try to use up extra yardage from the quilt top, extra blocks if I have them, whatever. I love the look. Natalie and I think alike - the back looks great when it's funky!
I’ve done that too so I won’t have to buy more fabric! I thought I was just being cheap but no it’s cool.
I love the fact that you said, "there are no rules" be creative!!!
I’m a big fan of Natalie!
I’ve often wondered why “double sided” quilts aren’t very mainstream. Especially if you’re quilting with an all over pattern.
Happy to see Natalie discussing the process of backing a quilt. I would love to see a video addressing the problem of borders becoming distorted or wavy. Thanks!
Me too I have lots with "Friendly" borders. So wavy 😊
Me too. Can’t seem to get them straight at least with bigger quilts
Finally, someone showed exactly how the backing is sewn together and how to use directional fabric. Thank you, thank you.
I hope someone will show how to use a panel that has a wonky border without cutting it off and how to square it.
LOVE Natalie's "Final Stitch" program!!!!! So nice to see her with her own show!
Yeah for Natalie! She is so soft spoken , fluent, and not so rushed today. Love this!
I really like the way you said by keeping your long fabric in one piece and fold and stitch the selvedge edge then cut in half. Wow. That will make my life so much easier. Thank you
My daughter wanted giraffe fabric on the back of her quilt. She picked 3 different fabrics 2 of them were giraffe spots in 2 different rainbow color themes the other was giraffe animals with a blue background. I took the giraffe with blue as a panel used the more blue tone rainbow as squares on either side to make a 1/2 yard strip then added the general rainbow as the top and bottom. My other daughter wanted galaxy on the back. Not knowing what quilt pattern or size I was going to make I didn't buy enough fabric. My solution was to frame the 2 tapestry sized panels with fabric that worked with it. Several pieces made the back but it worked.
That sounds like a fun backing. Just as fun as the front.
Great video! I love the “cross stitching” on the pegboard in the background. What a cute idea!
Natalie I am beyond excited that you are getting your own episode !!! I love how you teach and your style. Thank you MSQC for letting Natalie be on you tube too!!!
This was a great episode. I just hear my grandmother saying "the back should always be one color". Bless her soul. Some day I will get that out of my head. I loved the different backs. Makes a whole new quilt. Thank you for the inspiration.
I like to use flannel on my quilt backs makes them cozy and also minky cloth great job natalie
Chris Klayo doesnflannel gunk up your machine?
Sylvia Parnell it does leave a lot of dust bunnies but I keep cleaning up after it I do need to get a good cleaning though so we will see
Thank you for the Pieced Backing directions. Giving the math equations makes this so much easier for us none math people.
Hello from Delaware, I love the "Final Stitch", keep them coming.
As I am thinking about Finishing My Quilt, I always try to do something special and different for each quilt. Scalloped borders, piano key border, flying geese in one corner, etc. I also like to make my top border a little smaller so I know how to make the bed...... you are a great teacher..... you explain things soooooooo well. Most of my scraps are leftover border pieces. NO need fro
No need for a STASH🙄
Love the quilt with the blocks on the back! It makes the reverse really nice.
Check out "Just get it done" quilting channel. She has several tutorials about what she calls "after quilts", backings that incorporate leftover blocks or top materials.
I love your quilts Natalie! It’s fantastic when the 3 of you get together and show all the different things to do!!
I agree, a pieced backing is sooo much more interesting! It becomes 2 quilts in one! Nice job, Natalie!
Love having a new MSQC series to watch, this one was very informative. Natalie, you are so creative, I enjoy seeing what you come up with. Your quilt was darling, I just loved your quilt backing. All the quilts shown were so very pretty! ❤
I have the worst time trying to figure out how to piece my backings. Just can't seem to conceptualize how to do it. This video has shown me a way I never thought of! I will definitely try it on my next quilt. Thank you, Natalie!
Oh - fabulous job Natalie. Keep doing these episodes. Such a great job! Enjoy Triple Play too!
Oh Natalie!!! Thank you for speaking about this. I added a 3 rows from my front to extend the fabric on a baby quilt. My husband, who doesn’t know crap about quilting said “it looks like you were too cheap to buy the extra fabric.” I told him it created balance from the front to the back. Finally, someone validated me. Yes, I didn’t want to purchase another yard of something that I didn’t really need, but I thought I was being frugal. 🤪🤨
Wonderful first episode! I enjoyed your calm demeanor. I look forward to future episodes. Congrats on a job well done!
Glad to see Natalie on her own show. Well done.
I like the setting of Final Stitch and Natalie is so talented!
I have been looking forward to Natalie starting her own show. Always loved when she would participate with her Mom. I agree she's so smart and talented. Glad she's sharing her tips.
I was so thrilled to see Natalie doing this great informative video!!! I was just thinking how nice it would be to see her do something to help us quilters out. Her quilting spot there is just darling.Way to go Natalie !!Please show us more of your great stuff!Thank you!!
This was a great topic..and too often overlooked. Thanks for the great ideas and tips. Your presentations are always concise and without a lot of extra chitchat. Looking forward to more from you,natalie!
I love your tips I have learned some new things
Love these Final Stitch episodes. Natalie describes the challenges and solutions very clearly. *****
This is so helpful, thank you. I have never heard or read anyone explaining backing fully to me before. Now I realise I have spent time and fabric I didn’t need to! Looking forward to more in your series!
This was a wonderful lesson! I love how your expanding your teaching! I like that you brought a personal quilt too.
Great presentation Natalie! Your enthusiasm shows! I love to piece backings as well, but do my own FMQ on my domestic machine so don't worry about placing of the pieces so much. I use leftover blocks, or even sew strips of various widths and lengths together to use up, and then add whatever other sections of fabric I have on hand (especially at this time when fabric was harder to come by) to complete the back. Fun and interesting! Cheers from 🇨🇦🍁
It's great that you have your own space! There is a great lady whose site is "Just Get it Done." She has a whole thing on what she calls "after quilts" and she goes into details on how to use all your leftover pieces to make the backing. Hope to see you on air again lady.
Like having a really savvy BFF. Thank you.
Great job Natalie! Can definitely tell that you are gaining more confidence in front of the camera & not looking off to the side as much & smiling much more☺️You have inherited great quilting and teaching skills from Mom, keep up the great work and thanks for all that you do!
I LOVE this episode from Natalie. I would definitely like to see more of Natalie answering questions about anything. This was great!!! Thanks so much.
Thanks for showing us those lovely examples of different ways to back a quilt. Look forward to your next tips-and-tricks video. ~Diana from Hamilton (Ontario, Canada).
So happy to see Natalie doing her own videos for MSQC! Keep 'em coming, please!
Love "The Final Stitch" episode #1. I am looking forward to more! Love to listen to Natalie! Love the creativity!
I really enjoyed this episode Natalie! Very informative...but I must say, you have such a bright, sunny smile! Love to watch your face light up!
I always find the best quilt compliment I get is when someone folds one of my quilts with the backing side out because it looks as good and interesting as the front.
Great job Natalie!! I just wanted to share that I always piece the backs of my quilts. I make my quilts as "hugs" for those that receive them and on the back - usually in the "label row" is where I use the extra blocks or fabrics from the front, the label is usually in the middle of this row. I leave enough on the ends so that if some of that gets cut off it's ok, it makes the row look like it is floating on the back. Everyone is always excited to see what's on the back. I actually "design" the backs on graph paper to make sure my back will be big enough. It takes a little longer to complete the quilt, but it uses up extra fabric from the project and make a surprise for the recipient on the back.
Thank you Natalie you’ve helped me a lot! I really enjoyed this tutorial about backings! I love the idea of using the extra blocks on the back it’ll unify the quilt!
Love this! Thank you Natalie! And MSQC TOO!
What a nice service you are offering us as quilters. I agree with the others -- keep them coming!
Oh thank you for this! Been quilting for about 10 years and struggle with putting the backing together every time! This makes me happy!
Loved seeing Natalie host this fun backing segment. I learned a lot. Thanks!
I made a quilt with remnants from my grandchildren's flannel pajamas that I have made over the last 10 years. For the backing, I cut 12.5 inch squares of the flannel, and sewed the blocks together until it was the right size. To avoid having to match seams, I made every other row start with a 6 inch block. I love that quilt.
This information was just what I needed to know. Thank you also for showing the various types of backing.
So glad to have Natalie doing these videos. She is so knowledgeable. Thanks for your help. Cindy
Great to see your show, Natalie. Thanks.
great ideas. I’ve been playing with my backs during the pandemic because I made a quilt front and didn’t have quite enough fabric for the backing. So i sewed some of my scraps from the front together into 2.5 inch squares in a strip and used them somewhat randomly to widen the back in 4 different strips that were spaced evenly top to bottom but varied sided to side. It turned out to be a much quieter, calm, and zen but same colors so I can just flip the quilt over when I need it to be calming. I love it!
As a new quilter I found this very helpfully. Thank you.
I love this episode. I learned from an elderly quilter that she never buys backing fabric. She uses pieces from her stash to back her fabrics. That is what I do to my quilts. My backings are pieced with a bunch of colorful fabrics, whatever I have on hand, and the quilts are always reversible. Hoping to see more of Natalie.
Thank you, Natalie, for this series. I have not read the preceding 664 comments to see if someone else mentioned this, but some folks refer to a pieced backing an “after quilt” when it includes one or more elements from the front. Fun stuff!
natalie, i love you so much!!! i'm so glad you started something independently!!!
I love to hear Natalie’s advice/perspective, she’s so creative and helps get my mind out the box I sometimes get in. I’m looking forward to more episodes of The Final Stitch!!!! I also love love love her pegboard with cross stitch on it....so awesome!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍
Hi Natalie from Montana! Delighted with your presentation of pieced backs: structured creativity!
What an awesome tutorial! I can totally count on MSQ to be right on time with all the quilt information I need!
I have pieced my backing for several years now. I like the fun look and I try using leftover fabric as much as possible. Thanks for the refresher. I can’t wait until the shops open again.
This was a wonderful and informative tutorial. Natalie is a natural, just like her mom! I’m really looking forward to seeing more of these videos from Natalie and the MSQC staff. And thank you for the free pieced backing download!
Great information. You thoroughly answered questions I've had for quite a while.
The questions & comments of the off-camera person were very helpful at getting further explanation or phrasing it in a different way. It made other information very understandable and interesting. I liked the pace, and the tone of this video. Fast enough to not be boring, but low key and not rushed.
Love, love, love this new series! I have always had trouble trying to figure out backing! Love listening to you Natalie!
Great new series! Go Natalie!
I like to use the centre seam on the backing to 'centre' the quilt when lining up the 'sandwich'....
I appreciate the fact that Natalie shows very attractive backing using smaller pieces to make a colorful back instead of purchasing the whole thing in one piece. I really enjoyed this new program. Thanks!
Loved this episode and look forward to many more episodes of the Final Stitch. I have always loved seeing Natalie in any video and I'm so happy to see her with her own series.
Thank you Natalie, your ease in front of the camera and knowledge of quilting is so appreciated. I’m so excited about your new series and can’t wait for the second episode. ⭐️
Thanks so much for explaining about piecing the backing for the quilter as opposed to self-quilting. I’m getting ready to piece a back for a small kid’s quilt, and now I know how to assemble it correctly. 🤗
I really enjoyed the final stitch I learned a lot. Excited for episode 2. Natalie you did great job. I hope to see you do more your so much like your Moma.Thank you
Hello from Houston! Y’all be careful during this storm!
Loved today's episode. I am another one that loves to put a "2nd quilt" on the back
What an AWESOME video!!!! I have always struggled with piecing a back and you make it sound so easy. You’re an excellent teacher. I can tell I’m going to learn a lot from this series. Thank you for doing this and thank you for making it free!!!
Hope this becomes a regular series with Natalie. She is quite likable . It is so nice to see someone talking about quilting who enjoys it as much as we do. Backings is a topic that doesn't get a lot of attention, and it seems to be assumed "everyone knows that part of quilting". I like a quilt with personality on both sides. Great job Natalie !
I found this video super informative. I even sent my daughter-in-law a link so she could watch it. Thank you Natalie! Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming.
I love pieced backs. It's a great way to use up fabrics used in the quilt. And I love a scrappy binding. It just makes me happy!
Bravo, Natalie! “Final Stitch” is a great addition to the Missouri Star Group.
Love seeing Natalie! She’s an amazingly creative quilter. I look forward to more episodes featuring her.
I love piecing a backing with a pattern as I used make a lot of curtains and I love the satisfaction of doing a good job of matching the pattern thankyou Natalie love how you have your own show you have come a long way since I first saw you a shy young lady keep up the good work kim
Oh my goodness Natalie, What a good topic, so helpful. I didn’t know how to make the backing. That’s why I have often used a wide back. Thank you so much 👏🥰👍 Chris-Raleigh NC
Wow! I am a new quilter and this is great information!! Thank you Natalie!!!! All new to me!
Yeah! Natalie, your quilts are always awesome, so glad to see your talented self in a series on UA-cam!
Great job, Natalie! I think you have solved a problem for me and made me feel free enough to be more creative with my quilt backs!
Love your videos Natalie! I love that you are real! That you know your stuff and show your quilt you made. Love that there are no rules with quilting! I do whatever works to complete my quilt. Pieced or solid backs are fun.
I Love the expression “PARTY IN THE BACK” 🥰
So glad to watch Natalie showcase her knowledge of quilting! Thank you Natalie for starting "Final Stitch"
I enjoyed watching this. You had some great information. I wish I could have heard the person interacting off camera better or maybe you could repeat their comments in the future.
Fantastic and helpful video! Thanks!
I love Final Stitch. So informative and helpful. I would find it so helpful if you did a video on binding. How to put it on straight sides and how to put it on a scallop edge. I also would find a video on choosing what thread color to quilt with very helpful. Thank you for sharing your amazing gifts with us!
Thanks for all if the wonderful information. The diffrent backs are great. Thanks Natlie
Hi Natalie! So nice to see you doing "The Final Stitch". I don't live far from MSQC...so I just gotta take the time to come visit you all, and those fabulous fabric stores in Hamilton! Love this today, with the pieced backing! I haven't done a pieced backing yet, but you have encouraged me to do so! Many blessings to you, and your family!
This was so informative for me, thank you Natalie. I may actually try piecing my backs after watching this🙂🇨🇦
Fun! Thank you Natalie. All was helpful and interesting. I especially liked the last one. My first bed sized quilt was sort of like that. I had to keep on adding more borders to make it big enough. My super forgiving son was the recipient - he loved it. Really enjoy the new show. Congratulations.
Thanks that was great and I just did that to my Covid19 quilt. The back is as crazy as the front. I named it that because of being shut up for so many months. Thank God staying healthy.
I love everything about the last quilt, charm squares and pieced backing. So very colorful! I've been stressing that the backing had to be one piece, thanks for these gorgeous examples of how wonderful piecing them can be.
Great show Natalie. I have always let the long arm quilter put the backing together so I was not sure how to do it. Now I know and perhaps I will do my next one and I love the ideas about adding interesting elements to it. I would like to see an episode on tips and tricks to applying labels to a quilt.
I’m adding to the squaring up request. I’m always confused, and/or not understanding the square up process when you don’t have borders on your quilt. If there are no borders are you supposed to cut the top in a way that mangles the pattern? Is there a “forgive” amount that wouldn’t need squaring? I just don’t understand squaring something that is sewn with straight lines and how you compensate for the straight lines and the “squaring “ process. Thanks so much. I can see that I’m going to want to watch these videos pretty religiously as I’m a fairly new quilter and still learning a lot! I’ve learned so much from Jenny, and having Natalie join in is fab!
Thank you Natalie.. as son as you said "no big deal"... i was validated... wasn't quilting supposed to have originated out of "necessity"...LOL I LOVE this hobby and as a retire gal with WALLS of fabric i can't sew fast enough... visited MSQC once about 6 yrs. ago.. I'm married to "pieced and scrappy backings"..Hugs, GrammaBabs
I love the fact that you don't judge those of us who NEED to align prints for backing. I too use blocks on my backs when I can and your tips when having quilts long arm quilted are very helpful.