A quilt backing worth turning the quilt over for.
Current Water is a 108" wide quilt backing fabric from the Shooting Star collection, designed by Anna Maria for Anna Maria Textiles. Long leaf and feather shapes run across the whole width, filled with fine linework, small fish, birds, stars and botanical details, in watery blues, aqua, teal and green on a pale ground, with touches of cream and purple.
One piece, no seam down the middle
Standard quilting cotton is 44 to 45 inches wide, so backing anything bigger than a lap quilt means buying two lengths, joining them and pressing the seam. This 3 yard cut of wide quilt backing gives you a continuous 108" x 108" piece instead.
Backing and batting should be larger than the quilt top. Most longarm quilters ask for 4" to 6" extra all around, so one piece of this backing fabric covers a quilt top up to about 96" x 96", which takes in most throw, twin and queen size quilts. For a king size quilt, use two pieces: one seam instead of three.
What Current Water is for
- Quilt tops in blues, greens and purples
- Ocean, garden and nature quilts
- Longarm and domestic machine quilting
- Any quilt that deserves a calm, cool back
Specifications
- Width: 108"
- Cut: 3 yards, one continuous piece, 108" x 108"
- Fiber: 100% cotton
- Collection: Shooting Star by Anna Maria Textiles
- Print: Current, colorway Water
- Manufacturer SKU: BAMT118-83
How much 108" wide backing do I need?
Add 4" to 6" to each side of your quilt top, or about 2" if you quilt it yourself on a domestic machine. If the total is 108" or less in both directions, one 3 yard cut is enough.
One honest note about the colors
No screen tells the truth about cloth. Unfold it next to your quilt top, in daylight, before you decide.
60 days money-back guarantee
If it is not what you expected, send it back. Return shipping is on us, and there is no restocking fee.
One piece. 108 inches wide. Less piecing, more quilting.
