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QUILTCON 2025 LECTURE: Backing, Binding, Batting, Beauty — designing a quilt from back to front
QUILTCON 2025 LECTURE: Learn how convenient and smart it is to design and construct a modern quilt, starting from the back! With a little thought and pre-planning, the steps to making a quilt can be much more efficient, saving the best parts for last. This lecture comes with a downloadable handout, helpful for planning your next modern quilt.
BACKING: Build your backing first, after deciding on the overall dimensions of the finished product. Make sure to include a quilt label, stitched in place!
BINDING: Create your binding strips second. Regardless of binding style, it saves time in the end to have the binding prepped and ready to go.
BATTING: Use your batting on top of the backing as a foundation to quickly build up a quilt, anchoring the elements as you go. Learn to prep your batting for fast assembly.
BEAUTY: Finally, enjoy piecing and building a beautiful modern quilt top as a last step, quilting as you go. Get the tedium out of the way while planning your design.
IN PERSON: This lecture is debuting at QuiltCon 2025 in Phoenix, AZ.
PLAN AHEAD, DON’T MISS OUT!
Start planning now, MQG Member Registration for QuiltCon 2025 opens Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at 10 a.m. EDT / 2 p.m. UTC. Many workshops fill on the first day of registration, so it is good to plan ahead. Understand how to log in using your Modern Quilt Guild credentials, and have a list of workshops & lectures (including backup choices) ready for the time that registration opens. Taking workshops and attending lectures at QuiltCon is fun, and completely worth the effort!
Here’s the info you will need handy to sign up when registration opens:
LE08 – Backing, Binding, Batting, Beauty
Thursday, February 20, 2025, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm MT