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Title: Tip if you’re looking for backing fabric
Post by: Sheilago on April 02, 2020, 17:51:00 PM

I was thinking ahead and looking for blue wide fabric to back my b.o.m quilt. I couldn’t see anything I liked.
 I then got an email from Dawsons’s Dept Store, from where I often get quilt covers, towels etc. I looked at their most discounted quilt covers and bought a 100% cotton double duvet cover ( V&A) for £14, which must be at least 4m of extra wide good quality fabric. There is free postage over £50  :D, so I just had to buy another different one for my stash, some towels for my daughter and a beach towel( ever hopeful we might get to even a chilly Scottish one this year!) Much better value than buying fabric by the metre and I’ve even got some buttons I could use on my knitted things.  0_0

Title: Re: Tip if you’re looking for backing fabric
Post by: Lowena on April 02, 2020, 18:36:51 PM

@Sheilago I always use duvet covers or sheets as backing.

Title: Re: Tip if you’re looking for backing fabric
Post by: Iminei on April 02, 2020, 19:00:40 PM

When I hied over to Ikea with Puzzler earlier this year I spied the perfect backing fabric duvet cover on sale ... A double sided 100% cotton duvet cover with two pillowcases for £10 !!!!!!  :S

Thats 200cm x 200 cm x 2  ..... + two double sided pillowcases worth of fabric! Result!

The fabric is a bit thin, but perfectly adequate to back a less than heirloom quilt!

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4btkgi7Q_2M3J2iaU6ukIb8SKTA9hMB9oSSgHUfTolrLjLIu74mwmIx5WgYavjpjf-b4iE-ORkeg74fJcA4fztqlRs5c4_DalbOGcVXm9t3pDeGNSP1IIxrMeME08baBgYXtsGdBpnMumLxsBTqhdsRrvi_vscCt_b01T66zuV8groYZmb7SjGUWmu_fSyxrRjpkpL_Zr8E_dO_hT2iA__LCe1oYj1ueZwJCt9WuQN2vsKd46HkDKfSOSNxrkJY75iuTAoR1Vx5Kv7wvRZ7KVVISMS91ulR2RVbb6sLm2eppXmGfIIuPyDNE-xCoQlzfLeFwD4e6oZN_cuw1E-0PslIUFZuWnN5YFKS2GhSQp8dAyuXG0smHz5yYi-u6fwd0u7okaaxJqZCq2jF0YHw-KJoYu4ZdOPFoQ3LcEYMRzGCSzSEm_A6eNVFfmhKiEWcJIikkYxC4DwzYN4OuqBMBx_8szkXFnaT5WDXs9L9UgeMbiwI9VxAX2IHEqv19RiBXnlU7Sj8q7OWdAH7p8amHoCQKdVUTuHS2Nyxc0O1ipp5Wys7jGAnV4uTVYj7oH3xYzSL63T4Ypn10Mj6W2jQRd0VIx4VvH5Ezhyvusyhxbgz0doEFemxxi3kkNlvNuLdchitqkrOXJpDhgNDSRfY009sj9_OcbO-TsNCHz2arLk54bmy5b5BYsUY=w578-h773-no)

Title: Re: Tip if you’re looking for backing fabric
Post by: annieeg on May 03, 2020, 12:50:09 PM

@Sheilago
Thanks for the link to this shop - I could spend ages (and loads of money) on their website. ;)

Title: Re: Tip if you’re looking for backing fabric
Post by: Sheilago on May 03, 2020, 13:11:28 PM

You are welcome @annieeg . I buy all my bed linen there normally, but eventually realised that if you look for 100% cotton ones they’re great for quilt backs.  have also recently bought Polycotton double quilt covers to make scrubs with. You get 2 pairs per cover if you’re careful- i.e. 2 pairs for £12 if you look for covers with big discounts. You also get 2 pillowcases to use for quick scrub bags  :D.  Yesterday even made my granddaughter a pair of dungaree shorts with the left over bits!

Title: Re: Tip if you’re looking for backing fabric
Post by: Ellabella on May 03, 2020, 13:53:24 PM

I tried them @Sheilago and was very impressed.

I bought some super king sized sheets with a low thread count and they will be absolutely fine for quilt backs.

I was also very impressed with the speed of delivery especially in these times.

I’m certain I’ll be shopping there again.