Hi Lois - I'll be interested to see how you do this! Thanks for sharing!!

Nancy

That's a great idea, Lois! Didn't someone do something similar on a recent TQS episode putting adhesive tape measures on old blind pieces? Was it possibly Robbi Joy Eklow? Thanks for pictures, when you get the chance to take them--it will help me tremendously!

Renata wrote:
You could use a stick frame ala Joe Cunningham. I put adhesive tape measures on all my sticks. I have 4', 6', & 8' sticks with the tape measure begining at 0" in the center of each stick. Its a great way not only to get things square but also to line up patterns if you so choose. When I sandwich my next quilt I'll take pictures. I have an old UF0 in the practice line-up with a pieced back that I want to line up with a centered design on the top. Just wanted to see if I could do it.

Actually, I did take a couple of photos with my iPhone but it wasn't looking as if Photo Stream was finding the photos. Wouldn't you know it's there as soon as I post this. Good thing we can edit. The second photo is blurry, but you get the idea.



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Thanks for showing the details, Rosemary! Weardale Chain...I've used that before..had no idea it had a name !!
Margo..love that red and cream !

Also after you have lined up and pinned your centre lines, smooth the top out along the vertical & horizontal grain lines, not along the diagonals, where all the stretch is. And be the boss, who is in charge you or the quilt top? You can do a lot with easing fabrics (unless it is starched stiffer than cardboard and you are try to stretch it down the warp - don't ask how I know ). If all else fails, 'Keep Moving, and they will never notice!' as my Mum would say - but that tends to refer more to my dressmaking

Thank you, Rosemary for the explanation regarding the backing.

Margo - I think I remember you showing this before, but I'm still blown away. Your quilt is so beautiful and the quilting is just out of this world!

Nancy

Rosemary, you did a beautiful job both centering and quilting this!

It definitely takes extra time to line up a pieced backing to the front of a quilt, but is do-able and is so worth it when finished!

Here is "From The Heart", a variation of the 2010 BOM, Star Crazy.



The back features a large star.



And a detail of the star (with very bad lighting....sorry 'bout that!)

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(If you click two times on the detail you can zoom in for a closer look.)

idaho wrote: if you click on the picture of the reverse, the outer edge quilting border is a variation of the Weardale Chain, I used this on the flying geese and also down the pale lines of the centre panel I know I posted about this elsewhere, as I cut templates out of sandpaper to stitch around using a walking foot, and it worked really well.

Renata, the backing fabrics, particularly the red & outer cream borders were very heavily starched (when I starch I tend to go a bit overboard ) after that it is just being careful about matching your centre points and working from the centre outwards on the basting (I pin basted this one) And one of these days I might get brave enough to wash it

Rosemary, the first time I saw this quilt you made I remember thinking about how straight and even your white border was on the back. I'm really afraid that if I were to make a backing like that, it would not be as straight and good looking.

Rosemary...I can see the grid on the outer edge..and the multi-cable.. but what is the design in the very center?
I just can't make it out.

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I used the piecing layout to give me guiding marker points for the quilting, but the overall design is far more visible on the reverse. So all you really need to do is to take this basic idea further (although if you asked the lady in the video to do so I suspect that she would have a good whine about it )

Marilyn--Thanks so much for posting the video. Very informative! I've only been to a long arm quilter once, but now I know why she blanched when I told her I envisioned stitch in the ditch for most of the quilt....[url]forum/hand-and-machine-quilting/5494#-what-to-put-on-your-quilt[/url]

Rosemary, that sounds like such a great idea! Whatever you do to make sure the whole cloth looks whole and the pieced side does not look chopped off somewhere when you put the sandwich together, would you share how you do that? Thanks! Would love to see what you make!