Piling Them Up!

 Well, I am doing it!  Earlier in the month

I made the wild claim that July would be 

quilting month. There are actually 3

and almost a 4th, pinned and ready to quilt!

The largest obstacle for me and I am sure for 

many is the backing.  The 20 " square plan 

is usually good but it does get complicated 

when I try to make a pattern happen on the

back of the quilt.  The 20" plan is just 

digging into your stash and pulling out 

a bunch of fabric to cut into 20" squares

to make up a back.  5 x 5  20" make a lovely

100" square piece that will accommodate 

most large back and makes longarmers

happy with lots of extra fabric on all sides.

My BBP ( Bin of Big Pieces) is a great 

place to go but I still try to mix and match 

to make an interesting back. 

The selvage quilt got a nice piece of the 

yellow batik. An interesting 

set of triangle strips came in the door Wednesday 

so the back got a nice accent. 

Thank  you DD for the great pieces!

A nice, blue 60" x 80" log cabin got the 20" squares

block with a set up of 3 by 4 but was just too 

narrow for good quilting comfort. A few 

cut off strips, (it is good to be a saver)  

were added to bring it up to good 

size and adequate coverage. 

The third quilt pinned, got a large piece but

again, it was just too narrow and the block bank was 

called into action. Lifting it down from its home

let me know just how full it is getting!

Some extra blocks really spiced up the large print backing. 

This morning, I 

did concede to using a lovely piece of 

wide back but there will be a snazzy label

going on to dress it up a bit.

Off to pin up some more tops and 

then get quilting!

Stay safe and sew on!

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