I always loved costume math too. Loved figuring out circles and diameters for skirts and wedges for things like cloaks, capes, etc.
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I never even thought about directional fabric from the back because every quilt I have has been solid. Way to think inside of the box. Ha! I have only made one quilt, on my sewing machine, and used a flannel sheet for the back so I didn’t have to buy a certain length of fabric. Didn’t think about framing it fora long arm machine either. It makes sense now. Thanks!
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I piece backs all the time. Add a strip or two of leftover blocks, or make a giant 9-patch or 12-patch.
It does cause a bit of a logistical problem in that you need to make sure your back is aligned vertically and horizontally with your front. I home machine quilt lap-sized quilts so I don’t need a huge amount of extra fabric around the edges for backing and batting.
And sheets make great backing. Target sells cotton top sheets and the thrift store often has sheets as well.
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I bumped into a scrap of Star Trek fabric in my stash while cleaning my studio today. It got me thinking about some jelly roll strips I have in red, (slightly tealish) blue, and yellow. Wondering if I can make some Rail Fence blocks with them to create another stash/scrap boy quilt top for QFK….
Remind me I’m not allowed to make random tops till I finish my Christmas gifts!!!
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I just bought 15 jelly rolls from some one destashing! What was I thinking?
Must finish holiday and baby quilts…must finish
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Jelly rolls. 
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I know. 60 bucks for 12. They were given to this woman and she doesn’t sew. Think of the lap quilts I can make for donation!
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I.am.so.jealous!
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That’s an amazing deal made even better since you are going to pay it forward with donated quilts!
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Hey friends! I talked to @MareMare today on Facebook, and got her permission to repost her tutorial for machine binding quilts, instead of having to access it on the Wayback Machine. Here it is:
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I was searching up images of watercolour quilts using this ingenious grid fusible interfacing and came across this fab blog with 49 lodestar quilt blocks in a row! My gosh, they are incredibly presented.
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Here’s a tiny little finish from me:
Is this my first finish this year? Possibly.
Years and years ago I bought a whole yard full of these potholder-sized panels. It was €1 from the discount bin. The style is not my favourite but they’re nice practice projects. I needed some practice today and decided to finish it right away instead of putting it in a to-be finished pile. It’ll get used tonight. I think I have two more, I’ve given away lots of them. And I think there’s still at least 1/3 of that yard left!
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My Dec BOM got sent off wirhout a photo! Hopefuly I can get my DD to send me a pic bedor the end of the year, won’t arrive until Thursday…with luck.
But I did finish her lap quilt, though not in time for Christmas. I’ll deliver in January.
I marionberries , offer DDs Lap quilt for my large personal finish.
And a little scrap quilt for her little dog Pippa.
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The colors in that quilt are very soothing…of course, little Pippa is the star of that quilt…just so cute!
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I had a bunch of panels like that…I finally made them into Christmas pillows. Very nice!
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So sweet and good practice.
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Beautiful!
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Starting in on my stack of 5 kids quilt tops for Quilts for Kids. I pieced scraps of batting and found a chunk of black flannel for backing that was just the right size. Yay for scrap stash busting!
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First one is quilted! Let’s see if I can get another set up and pin basted before I have to make dinner…
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You’re a machine!
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