Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Backing in progress

It's been awhile since I've been able to post a work-in-progress post. Last month I posted tutorials for my Framed Nine Patch (Part 1 and Part 2), and completed a new top. Now it's time to cobble together a backing for it.
Framed Nine Patch with Border

To plan the backing, I put the top on my design wall, and I'm building wide strips of fabric from stash that will be big enough to cover the top. Here are the strips (rows) but they're not sewn together yet. The fabrics are whatever I found in my stash in the orange and yellow bins that would work, that I could use up.
Backing for F9P in Progress

Hopefully I can get this little quilt finished up this month.
Linking up with Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts

9 comments:

  1. Love that orange quilt! And what a festive backing for it--nice!

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  2. Your backing looks GREAT and is perfect for your quilt.

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  3. What a great way to measure for a pieced back! I love this quilt - so fun and fresh :*)

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  4. Pieced backings are lots of fun. I like what you did.

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  5. I watched someone else use that approach to building a back and it seemed so sensible -- why hadn't I thought of it before?

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  6. I love using up scraps to make a pieced back. I think this is going to look great and be a fun compliment to the front.

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  7. Oh, yes! This is my favorite way of piecing a back. I've been challenging myself to use that technique to use up as much of the leftover fabric from the front as possible. Just trying to keep the scraps to a minimum. And it makes a fun alternative to the quilt front. I love your fabric selections for your framed nine patch, especially the way the border fabric works with everything else.

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  8. That is looking really cool - like that pattern.

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  9. A great way to bust some stash.

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