What is backing fabric and why is it used?

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Hi, I am making a patchwork quilt and have just finished attaching the 35 squares I am using. I need to know what is backing fabric, do I need it and how do you attach it to patchwork quilts?
Thanks :)

Answer 1

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The quilt backing is the underside of your quilt. So when you turn it over you see the back of it. So the backing fabric is any fabric you chose for the back of your quilt. You should choose something on the softer side since this will be the side that it touching your body. This part should be larger than your actual quilt. then you lay the backing and the batting and your quilt top together and stitch. But be careful cuz depending on how you sew these together depends on the order of these 3 things. You can email me if you have more questions. Hope this helped!

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Thankyou :)

Answer 2

A backing adds weight to your quilt, and covers your seams.