I did a strip stripe in one of my backings. The long armer expressed apprehension about having so many seams in the back, saying it messes up the quilting sometimes. But when she returned the quilt, she said that my seams were nice and flat so it wasn't a problem. I had ironed them open and pressed and pressed like a fool, but I was glad in the end. The recipient of the quilt loved that strippy (almost crumb) stripe on the back just as much as she loved the front so it was well worth it.
I am in the process of making a backing which I have never done before using the left over fabric from the quilt. I have it all ready to sew so I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed that it will turn out okay. I enjoy watching your videos. Kind regards from New Zealand.
As a long-arm quilter, make the backing seams 1/2 inch, not a quarter inch. Then sew around the whole backing making sure to secure the seams with 1/4" seam.
I had never done pieced backings until I made a mistake measuring or cutting the backing and had to piece it to make it large enough. As it turned out the piece I had was not big enough for the back, so I pieced it. And I liked it. I was able to use up some of the blocks that didn’t make it to the front of the quilt (maybe they were test blocks or blocks where you made a mistake in piecing) and I was able to use up what fabric might have been left over after piecing the front. I usually do try to use up fabric left over from the front first, then look for additional unrelated fabric if necessary. Usually try to use a neutral but I guess that’s not really necessary. As you say, Pat, “it’s the back of the quilt! Use up what you have!” It is a lot less work to buy wide backing so you don’t have to piece it. If you don’t have any wide backing you have to piece it anyway in some form or another to make your 45” wide fabric cover the back. Usually I lay my quilt top on my design wall (the queen-sized bed in the guest room) and start laying the backing on top of it making sure to make it bigger on all sides so you have enough to stitch the pieces together and still have 4-6 on each side needed for quilting. Sometimes it works out better than others and the back is almost as interesting as the top, but not always. On quilts that I give away I do try to have the backing all be the same fabric or use wide backing fabric. Thanks Pat for your great ideas and your willingness to share those ideas with us. I have learned so much from you through your books and your daily videos. So glad I found you!
I have done pieced backings which well done is backing art. They can be awesome. I have also pieced backing because I didn't have enough backing. I have even used a large panel as a backing. To be honest, I like to use wide backing when I can. It is just easier to quilt for me. I have enough work to make sure the front lies flat and when I piece the back I have to be sure the back lies flat, too.
I don’t usually piece the back, but when I do it in thirds. Mom mom said to avoid a center seam because when people kick the blanket, comforter, quilt around while they’re sleeping it’s usually in that center area and the seam is overly stressed. Nice to see how does their way, and all the great tips. Slays good to learn new and different ways. Thanks @Pat Sloan
Thankyou pat gladiator watched the backing I have done that before with my quilts but then thought I had to do different but watching you spurdmeon I really do like using all bits of material thankyou dorothy
So happy to see this video. I struggle a bit getting the pieced backings to work. I do them. I am just not fast. At the beginning of May I pulled out every top that needed to be quilted and I pulled out my stash of backing fabrics. I matched up everything I had. Emptied a whole bin of backing fabrics. woohoo. I still have a drawer of possible backings, but all of it will need lots of piecing. I will be glad to get a stack of quilts completed. I have a lot of bindings in a drawer as well. I hope that I can match them up with what I planned to use them for.
I love doing scrappy backings, often using orphan blocks or making giant log cabin blocks out of random strips. It’s like having a reversible quilt. There is often as much interest on the back as there is on the front.
That camping fabric is just too cute!! And the horses & raccoons--such fun :) When everything started last year & I got my sewing Mojo back-I was piecing the backs to the lap quilts I was making as I was trying to just use up what I had on hand & I was pleased with the way they turned out. Most I had enough to use vertically & just add another strip down the centers. Thanks for these tips, they will sure come in handy :)
I mostly do piece backings. I think the back can almost be a bonus quilt. Lol. Some of Kimberleys are so pretty with an extra block. I do them similar to you, but usually with one or two fabrics, depending on what’s leftover. Tfs. 👏🏻💕👏🏻
Thank you for showing this. I sometimes do pieced backings. Depends of course if I have fabric leftover from the quilt top. I’m always happy with the outcome.
I like to use leftover pieces in my backings. Even if I have just a few pieces, I will sew them together and make a strip or block to put in the middle, or I may put it anywhere in the middle of the top or bottom section. I always mark the top of the quilt by putting a quilter's pin in the top section on the front (I do my own FMQ). That way I know where to put the label at the bottom (or write in the piecing part).
They are all live if you want to watch early in the morning (except the Monday evening one which is at 8:30 pm, eastern time). If you are in the eastern time zone you can watch it live every morning except Sunday and Monday but if you are in other time zones it may be too early or in the middle of the night depending on where you live. You can always read the chat to see what they were talking about no matter when you watch. Just click on the live chat and read it as you watch or afterwards. It’s not quite the same as being there live but still fun sometimes.
Thanks, I was wondering if it was okay to sew some horizontal and some vertical. I wasn't sure if would shrink differently and tear it up. But I see you did, so maybe okay.
Fabric stretches in different directions. For backing I make sure all the pieces need to stretch in the same direction. Or it won’t quilt right. I quilt on my home machine. Do you do it not like this because you send it to a long arm quilter. Just wondering. I would get puckers if I did my backing with fabric stretching in every directions. It has happened to me. So now I make sure every piece I put on for background stretches in the same direction.
Pat Thank You so much for this information. But I just don’t have a clue. Could you do a live tutorial on how you actually do piecing on your backs. Not sure if you have one already?
Thank you for this video. I seem to have brain freeze when it comes to calculating a pieced (or solid!) backing. Any hints or suggestions? Does it matter to a longarmer if the pieces are vertical or horizontal? Thank you.
Where did you get that material that looks like a newspaper, I am wanting to do a book quilt. Also is there a way to make a quilt in 4 pieces and then join it together? (My machine is small) how would you join them
When piecing backs, do you pay attention to where the seams lie? For example, do you off set so they are not on the center? Or do you make sure to not have a 4 patch - avoiding the "bulk" where the 4 seams come together? (Have you tried the diagonal seam method?)
@@drewrichardson8789 Yes, Stephanie Smith, for the pieced backings it would be better to use the half inch, NOT the normal quarter inch we use for piecing..
I thought that 108 backing is just regular fabric but wider. I just read that it’s a little bit different than regular fabric. There’s a fabric that I like but they don’t make it in wide. So it’s just fine to use regular fabric for backing?
I just noticed that you have a Tiara machine. Do you use it or do you send all your quilts to the longarmer? I have had a Tiara for a year and a half and I'm still practicing. There is no stitch regulator. Do you have any tips to get uniform length stitches?
I dont usually like pieces backings. I want a solid piece. We all know that isnt always possible. I want my backing to be a quilt in itself. Something beautiful as the front.
What’s the secret to sandwiching the quilt and making sure that the pieced back ends up straight? It would drive me crazy if it didn’t line up straight lol.
I did a strip stripe in one of my backings. The long armer expressed apprehension about having so many seams in the back, saying it messes up the quilting sometimes. But when she returned the quilt, she said that my seams were nice and flat so it wasn't a problem. I had ironed them open and pressed and pressed like a fool, but I was glad in the end. The recipient of the quilt loved that strippy (almost crumb) stripe on the back just as much as she loved the front so it was well worth it.
Because of both fabric and money shortages I pieced several of my backings. Keeps me just as warm either way.💝😘
Great! Thanks so much. God bless you. Greetings from New Zealand 🙂💞🙂
I'm so glad you taught me how to do this! It really is a smart use of the left over fabrics!
I am in the process of making a backing which I have never done before using the left over fabric from the quilt. I have it all ready to sew so I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed that it will turn out okay. I enjoy watching your videos. Kind regards from New Zealand.
As a long-arm quilter, make the backing seams 1/2 inch, not a quarter inch. Then sew around the whole backing making sure to secure the seams with 1/4" seam.
I love the quilt with campers. So stinking cute!!!! I piece my backing like you truly a pieced backing. Thank you!
I had never done pieced backings until I made a mistake measuring or cutting the backing and had to piece it to make it large enough. As it turned out the piece I had was not big enough for the back, so I pieced it. And I liked it. I was able to use up some of the blocks that didn’t make it to the front of the quilt (maybe they were test blocks or blocks where you made a mistake in piecing) and I was able to use up what fabric might have been left over after piecing the front. I usually do try to use up fabric left over from the front first, then look for additional unrelated fabric if necessary. Usually try to use a neutral but I guess that’s not really necessary. As you say, Pat, “it’s the back of the quilt! Use up what you have!” It is a lot less work to buy wide backing so you don’t have to piece it. If you don’t have any wide backing you have to piece it anyway in some form or another to make your 45” wide fabric cover the back. Usually I lay my quilt top on my design wall (the queen-sized bed in the guest room) and start laying the backing on top of it making sure to make it bigger on all sides so you have enough to stitch the pieces together and still have 4-6 on each side needed for quilting. Sometimes it works out better than others and the back is almost as interesting as the top, but not always. On quilts that I give away I do try to have the backing all be the same fabric or use wide backing fabric. Thanks Pat for your great ideas and your willingness to share those ideas with us. I have learned so much from you through your books and your daily videos. So glad I found you!
I love pieced backing and this was helpful thank you!
Pieced backings are great. Sometimes they take longer to figure out than the organised fronts. But so much fun! Happy creating.☺️
I love doing pieced backings. I never thought of doing the grid. I just kind of wing it!
Good morning quilting friends raining in Indiana but good sewing weather have a blessed day
I have done pieced backings which well done is backing art. They can be awesome. I have also pieced backing because I didn't have enough backing. I have even used a large panel as a backing. To be honest, I like to use wide backing when I can. It is just easier to quilt for me. I have enough work to make sure the front lies flat and when I piece the back I have to be sure the back lies flat, too.
I have never done a pieced backing. Great explanation. Will have to try one. Thank you
Please do more of these pieced backing tutorials. I love this!
I don’t usually piece the back, but when I do it in thirds. Mom mom said to avoid a center seam because when people kick the blanket, comforter, quilt around while they’re sleeping it’s usually in that center area and the seam is overly stressed.
Nice to see how does their way, and all the great tips. Slays good to learn new and different ways.
Thanks @Pat Sloan
Thankyou pat gladiator watched the backing I have done that before with my quilts but then thought I had to do different but watching you spurdmeon I really do like using all bits of material thankyou dorothy
So happy to see this video. I struggle a bit getting the pieced backings to work. I do them. I am just not fast. At the beginning of May I pulled out every top that needed to be quilted and I pulled out my stash of backing fabrics. I matched up everything I had. Emptied a whole bin of backing fabrics. woohoo. I still have a drawer of possible backings, but all of it will need lots of piecing. I will be glad to get a stack of quilts completed. I have a lot of bindings in a drawer as well. I hope that I can match them up with what I planned to use them for.
I really like the camper fussy cutting
I love doing scrappy backings, often using orphan blocks or making giant log cabin blocks out of random strips. It’s like having a reversible quilt. There is often as much interest on the back as there is on the front.
I like to piece backing using charm squares down the middle instead of just a seam. Thanks for the pointers.
Be sure to check your binding container in case you already have binding made for your pretty camping quilt Pat!
I will!
That camping fabric is just too cute!! And the horses & raccoons--such fun :) When everything started last year & I got my sewing Mojo back-I was piecing the backs to the lap quilts I was making as I was trying to just use up what I had on hand & I was pleased with the way they turned out. Most I had enough to use vertically & just add another strip down the centers. Thanks for these tips, they will sure come in handy :)
Great idea! I usually just cut 10 inch squzres then sew them together but yours looks great! Thank you!
I have just started piecing my backings and I found it so much fun! Some times I like the back as much as the front 😁
Thanks for showing this I’ve always wanted to try this💗
I mostly do piece backings. I think the back can almost be a bonus quilt. Lol. Some of Kimberleys are so pretty with an extra block. I do them similar to you, but usually with one or two fabrics, depending on what’s leftover. Tfs. 👏🏻💕👏🏻
I can’t wait for this video. Bring on the backing tutorials.
Thanks for sharing your way of backing the materials.
Thanks Pat. Make sense to me now!!
Thank you. I’m going * for my first piece backing. ❤️
You got this!
Thank you I do piece my backing I like the way you do it.
I think piecing backing is fun. I have done it several times.
I love that quilt! The colors are beautiful!
Thank you for showing this. I sometimes do pieced backings. Depends of course if I have fabric leftover from the quilt top. I’m always happy with the outcome.
Thanks, Pat, I enjoyed seeing this quilt and the backing. I haven’t made a pieced backing yet but will in the future so this is very interesting.💕
I do all my quilt backings this way. It works well.
it does! Thank you so much for joining me!
I understand how to piece the backing. What I want to know is how to layer the quilt so the pieced backing is straight.
Love love that quilt! I also do pieced backing it adds interest and uses up extras
I like to use leftover pieces in my backings. Even if I have just a few pieces, I will sew them together and make a strip or block to put in the middle, or I may put it anywhere in the middle of the top or bottom section. I always mark the top of the quilt by putting a quilter's pin in the top section on the front (I do my own FMQ). That way I know where to put the label at the bottom (or write in the piecing part).
I love this. I’m feeling inspired to use up some fabric, instead of buying more.
Thank you!
Thank you for this video backings were always my dilemma.
Thank you. I am going to try this!
Aww! I miss the Cosmo Cricket line!
I didnt know that Tuesdays were live. I knew about Monday nights. Good morning from New Jersey.
Pat has a daily video - you can download her calendar from her website. Check the description box. 😃
They are all live if you want to watch early in the morning (except the Monday evening one which is at 8:30 pm, eastern time). If you are in the eastern time zone you can watch it live every morning except Sunday and Monday but if you are in other time zones it may be too early or in the middle of the night depending on where you live. You can always read the chat to see what they were talking about no matter when you watch. Just click on the live chat and read it as you watch or afterwards. It’s not quite the same as being there live but still fun sometimes.
Thanks, I was wondering if it was okay to sew some horizontal and some vertical. I wasn't sure if would shrink differently and tear it up. But I see you did, so maybe okay.
Fabric stretches in different directions. For backing I make sure all the pieces need to stretch in the same direction. Or it won’t quilt right. I quilt on my home machine. Do you do it not like this because you send it to a long arm quilter. Just wondering. I would get puckers if I did my backing with fabric stretching in every directions. It has happened to me. So now I make sure every piece I put on for background stretches in the same direction.
Pat
Thank You so much for this information. But I just don’t have a clue. Could you do a live tutorial on how you actually do piecing on your backs. Not sure if you have one already?
I have done that, you can do a search on my channel
Thank you for this video. I seem to have brain freeze when it comes to calculating a pieced (or solid!) backing. Any hints or suggestions? Does it matter to a longarmer if the pieces are vertical or horizontal? Thank you.
Pat! I would love to see how you bind on the machine. Please.
When you piece the backing fabrics, what size seam do you use? A normal quarter, or larger?
I think a teal stripe would be an awesome binding! Also, what pattern is this quilt? I don’t remember this one. 🤔
Pat what is your seam width? and do you press to the side or open?
A pieced backing is giving you another quilt. It’s a savings in long arm costs!
Where did you get that material that looks like a newspaper, I am wanting to do a book quilt. Also is there a way to make a quilt in 4 pieces and then join it together? (My machine is small) how would you join them
i got it a long time ago
When piecing backs, do you pay attention to where the seams lie? For example, do you off set so they are not on the center? Or do you make sure to not have a 4 patch - avoiding the "bulk" where the 4 seams come together? (Have you tried the diagonal seam method?)
Nope! I don't do any of that
I almost always piece my backs. I have occasionally found wide backs on sale for king size
I piece my backs n I like it a lot
Do you use a 1/4” seam on your backing? I’ve heard Quilter’s say various things? What do you recommend?
I use half inch, smaller stitch length, back stitch and press seams open.
@@drewrichardson8789 Yes, Stephanie Smith, for the pieced backings it would be better to use the half inch, NOT the normal quarter inch we use for piecing..
I thought that 108 backing is just regular fabric but wider. I just read that it’s a little bit different than regular fabric. There’s a fabric that I like but they don’t make it in wide. So it’s just fine to use regular fabric for backing?
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I just noticed that you have a Tiara machine. Do you use it or do you send all your quilts to the longarmer? I have had a Tiara for a year and a half and I'm still practicing. There is no stitch regulator. Do you have any tips to get uniform length stitches?
I dont usually like pieces backings. I want a solid piece. We all know that isnt always possible. I want my backing to be a quilt in itself. Something beautiful as the front.
where is the pattern for the wonderful quilt you demoed the pieced backing?
Do you try to get the grain line to run the same way in each piece, or doesn’t it matter.
It is rare that I piece my backings, I probably should I have so many fat quarters, and they could be used up well this way...good job
That rust would make a pretty binding.
I always feel a pieced backing makes the quilt heavier but I do it when I want to save some money.
Do you gift quilts with pieced backings and what do the recipients think about that?
So, this is a giant version of using crumbs, 😂.
How were you pinning the quilt up there?
Good morning fromNJ
My longarmer friend doesn't want people to piece their backing. I wonder why.
What’s the secret to sandwiching the quilt and making sure that the pieced back ends up straight? It would drive me crazy if it didn’t line up straight lol.
then maybe it's not for you. It isn't going to be perfect.
@@PatSloan ive found a few videos on how to line it up with the top since I asked, but thanks.
I love a pieced backing, but mine tend to be more planned and symmetrical. To much OCD. Lol
Didnt show how you did it. Iron flat, iron with semas one way or ?...
Do the method you prefer, i don't find it makes any difference
The prism with a lot of wife backings is they girl yucky. Some so bad you wouldnt bury your dead dog in. Your basically saying isr what you have.