Quilt Backs Need to be Interesting Too.

Hi, I have been busy this week creating backs for my quilts that have been waiting to be quilted. I have 4 quilts that I would like to have quilted by December 1st, if at all humanly possible on my part.

I have created backings for my Looking Glass quilt using the leftover Comma charm squares and added black, gray and white solids.

(Gray solid, white stripe, black solid, white band, gray, black jelly roll strips, pieced Comma squares and the same sequence of color stripes going the other direction.)

(Close up of pieced Comma stripes)

I made a back for my Broken Frames using a few scrap squares of the various black and white prints from the front and framed them off with the turquoise solid from front and off set the whole pieced frame from the center of the quilt and finished it off with black.

(My black and white scraps were 5 inches wide, I filled in the length with a five inch turquoise piece and framed it with 4 inch strips on either side. I like the look but it was no fun dealing with 90 inch or better lengths of fabric and trying to keep them straight and untangled.)

(Close up of framed inset. )

I also finished a back for my Patriotic Square in a Square quilt using red solid, a white background flag print (not the same as the front but similar print) and blue solid and made them as large vertical stripes.

(I think the vertical stripes will really show off the quilting when completed. I had to really dig in my fabric reserves to find my navy blue. Thankfully I had enough for this project . The patriotic flag print on the front of quilt has America written all over it besides the flags. I think I will bind this quilt with the red, as I finished off the navy. )

The fourth quilt that I would like to get completed by the end of the month, is the Plus Dash quilt and backing I completed and blogged about last week.

I feel I put almost as much effort in creating an interesting backing for my quilts as I do in piecing the quilt tops. It has been many years since I have purchased  just one particular fabric to use as backing.  I like to use what I have.

I thought I would share a photo of my quilt inspector friend, Buddy. He is a Tom Cat that showed up at our farm this past winter during the Polar Vortex. We do not know if he had been dropped off  in the country or he got lost in a snow storm, as the tips of his ears were frozen off. After he was here for a few weeks, a larger piece of his one ear fell off and some time later we noticed his tail was shorter. He lost over 2 inches of his tail. He had to be someone’s pet at sometime as his front paws are declawed and he is neutered. He has certainly made himself at home at our place and since he hasn’t left in over 8 months. We wonder if someone dumped him as they might not have been able to afford to feed him. He can put away the food.

(Buddy making sure my fabric does not blow away. )

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my quilt progress. Be sure to come back next week on Friday, as I will be a stop of the Looking Glass pattern release blog hop. I will be linking up this week with various linky parties.

Happy Sewing,

Shelley