How Do You Piece A Quilt Backing?
Wide quilt backing fabric is available in a few basic colors and designs, making it difficult to find a match for many quilts. Flat bedsheets are also an option, but they also have limited choices. Many quilters use a backing fabric that is a match to a fabric in the quilt top’s design. Most of these fabrics come in 44-inch-wide lengths, and piecing the quilt backing is necessary. This technique will create enough extra fabric around the edges of the quilt top to allow for slight shifting in the quilting process. Measure the length of the quilt top. Use this measurement plus 6 inches to cut two lengths of 44-inch-wide fabric. Iron the fabric to remove wrinkles and any fold creases. Lay one length of fabric right side up on a large work surface. Place the other fabric length on top, with the right side down. Match the edges. Pin the long selvage edges together. Sew the pinned edges using a 1/2-inch seam allowance. This will create a large tube. Open the seams, and iron them flat. Open t
