I used to be so afraid of
them! Every teeny, tiny mistake would not only show, but almost be
highlighted (Hey, look at me!). The busier the better was once my
mantra concerning backing fabric. But, you have to work with what you
are given, when quilting customer pieces.
Here are a couple of views
of the front.
My customer sewed two
strips of back fabric to the sides of a solid yellow to create her
back. (Yes, it is a bright yellow, although for some reason, on one of
the shots it looks like a cream color. Lighting is everything.) While she was in my studio, we
decided on a silvery thread color, as there is a lot of silver and
gray in the fabric collection.
I am so pleased with how
this looks on the back! The silver thread is perfect!
Creating and maintaining perfect stitch
tension is crucial with solid fabrics, and I must give a shout out to
Fil-Tec, the makers of Glide thread. Once you create the right
tension, this thread will maintain it throughout the piece. Great
customer service, too!
A note about the designs...So it would not look too scrappy, I made sure I used each quadrant design at least twice. And, of course the line work on the backgrounds helped maintain continuity, too.
Worrying
does not take away tomorrow's troubles.
It
takes away today's peace.
