Question About Jeans Quilts

RE: Question About Jeans Quilts Post By (Guest Post) (09/05/2005) I don't like most cotton fabrics because denim is so heavy, it will easily wear the backing out. I made denim quilts for my son's bunk beds when he was young out of our old jeans. I backed them with ticking and tied the quilt. I used the heavy ticking that used to be used on mattresses; backed one with a blue stripe and the other with a red stripe. I put fiberfill in one, which made it heavy and extremely warm for the wintertime; the other just had a top and backing for spring and fall. My son is in graduate school, and still uses those quilts -- I couldn't believe he requested to take them after he finished his BA and moved across the country. They've worn like iron. RE: Question About Jeans Quilts Post by for a lark (18) | (05/23/2005) Contact -eaisiest way to back a quilt is with a bedsheet, thriftstores often have lonely or wildly colored sheets. RE: Question About Jeans Quilts Post by trashcrafter (18) | (05/21/2005) Contact I have seen a very good looking jean quilt backed with the big red and blue mens hankies, the country kind. The blocks on the front were framed with strips of the same . The back was made with the 2 colors in a checkerboard patteren. I do not know if there was anything in between the two. Just a thought. RE: Question About Jeans Quilts Post by trashcrafter (18) | (05/21/2005) Contact I have seen a very good looking jean quilt backed with the big red and blue mens hankies, the country kind. The blocks on the front were framed with strips of the same . The back was made with the 2 colors in a checkerboard patteren. I do not know if there was anything in between the two. Just a thought. RE: Question About Jeans Quilts Post by valleyrimgirl (466) | (05/21/2005) Contact I don't put a backing on my blue jean quilt. But I have seen anything from flannelette to a good quality cotton... in a "country" theme (mixture of colors) or a solid dark blue color. One lady's quilt was gorgeous. She used strips of "country" patterned material (about 1" wide) between each piece of blue jean fabric (about 5x5" piece) sort of framing each piece and then used a solid blue cotton as the back... and she tied between section to hold the front to the back. I personally, like no backing. I surge my pieces together and find that over the years...it folds easily, easy to wash (just throw it in), no sand sticks to it (it will if you use a flannelette backing) and it is easy to repair after 10 years because there is no backing on it. But my quilts are more "informal". People I give mine to feel that they can "get mine dirty" where as the above mentioned quilt was rarely used. So it depends on how you want your quilts to be used and how often.