Hi I am also from Toronto via Halifax and have landed in Whangarei NZ. Natalie's videos are awesome. I always add orphan blocks and extra scraps to my backs now. All wonderful tips. I call it the #afterquilt after seeing Karen Brown on @justgetitdonequilts. Missouri 🌟 you are the best at inspiring quilters worldwide! 😊
The "Crafty Gemini" has a great video on squaring up quilts. Her video is how I learned to square up mine. If I knew how to link it I would, but I'm not that tech savy.
Finally, someone showed exactly how the backing is sewn together and how to use directional fabric. Thank you, thank you. I hope someone will show how to use a panel that has a wonky border without cutting it off and how to square it.
When I first started quilting, I felt like I had to have one large piece of fabric on the back. Over the years, I've changed my methods, and now I always use pieced backing. I try to use up extra yardage from the quilt top, extra blocks if I have them, whatever. I love the look. Natalie and I think alike - the back looks great when it's funky!
I have been looking forward to Natalie starting her own show. Always loved when she would participate with her Mom. I agree she's so smart and talented. Glad she's sharing her tips.
I was so thrilled to see Natalie doing this great informative video!!! I was just thinking how nice it would be to see her do something to help us quilters out. Her quilting spot there is just darling.Way to go Natalie !!Please show us more of your great stuff!Thank you!!
As I am thinking about Finishing My Quilt, I always try to do something special and different for each quilt. Scalloped borders, piano key border, flying geese in one corner, etc. I also like to make my top border a little smaller so I know how to make the bed...... you are a great teacher..... you explain things soooooooo well. Most of my scraps are leftover border pieces. NO need fro
Happy to see Natalie discussing the process of backing a quilt. I would love to see a video addressing the problem of borders becoming distorted or wavy. Thanks!
I always find the best quilt compliment I get is when someone folds one of my quilts with the backing side out because it looks as good and interesting as the front.
Natalie I am beyond excited that you are getting your own episode !!! I love how you teach and your style. Thank you MSQC for letting Natalie be on you tube too!!!
I’m a big fan of Natalie! I’ve often wondered why “double sided” quilts aren’t very mainstream. Especially if you’re quilting with an all over pattern.
Check out "Just get it done" quilting channel. She has several tutorials about what she calls "after quilts", backings that incorporate leftover blocks or top materials.
I have the worst time trying to figure out how to piece my backings. Just can't seem to conceptualize how to do it. This video has shown me a way I never thought of! I will definitely try it on my next quilt. Thank you, Natalie!
This will be a bit mushy... Natalie, it's wonderful to see you growing into yourself with so much grace. The 1st time I saw you on a MSQC tutorial was when you helped your mom explain binding. I remember your hair half-covered your face. I wanted to scream, "You don't need to hide! Show yourself, girl!" You are a great teacher and it's so good to see you shine. Thanks for all your tutoring.
Thanks that was great and I just did that to my Covid19 quilt. The back is as crazy as the front. I named it that because of being shut up for so many months. Thank God staying healthy.
Love having a new MSQC series to watch, this one was very informative. Natalie, you are so creative, I enjoy seeing what you come up with. Your quilt was darling, I just loved your quilt backing. All the quilts shown were so very pretty! ❤
I really like the way you said by keeping your long fabric in one piece and fold and stitch the selvedge edge then cut in half. Wow. That will make my life so much easier. Thank you
This was a great topic..and too often overlooked. Thanks for the great ideas and tips. Your presentations are always concise and without a lot of extra chitchat. Looking forward to more from you,natalie!
This was a great episode. I just hear my grandmother saying "the back should always be one color". Bless her soul. Some day I will get that out of my head. I loved the different backs. Makes a whole new quilt. Thank you for the inspiration.
Great job Natalie! Can definitely tell that you are gaining more confidence in front of the camera & not looking off to the side as much & smiling much more☺️You have inherited great quilting and teaching skills from Mom, keep up the great work and thanks for all that you do!
I appreciate the fact that Natalie shows very attractive backing using smaller pieces to make a colorful back instead of purchasing the whole thing in one piece. I really enjoyed this new program. Thanks!
Natalie, great information. I've created a couple of pieced backed quilts. I had no idea I was making so much work for my quilter. I always admired her...now even more so!
I long arm. I have never had an issue w pieced backings. I would bet that as long as its sewn well, she doesn't mind. The trick is to use a deeper seam, usually 1/2 inch, and a slightly shorter stitch length. I personally prefer the seams ironed to the side, but I know longarmers who want them pressed open. Just ask her what she prefers. 🙂
Thank you, Natalie, for this series. I have not read the preceding 664 comments to see if someone else mentioned this, but some folks refer to a pieced backing an “after quilt” when it includes one or more elements from the front. Fun stuff!
Thanks so much for explaining about piecing the backing for the quilter as opposed to self-quilting. I’m getting ready to piece a back for a small kid’s quilt, and now I know how to assemble it correctly. 🤗
Thanks for showing us those lovely examples of different ways to back a quilt. Look forward to your next tips-and-tricks video. ~Diana from Hamilton (Ontario, Canada).
I love Final Stitch. So informative and helpful. I would find it so helpful if you did a video on binding. How to put it on straight sides and how to put it on a scallop edge. I also would find a video on choosing what thread color to quilt with very helpful. Thank you for sharing your amazing gifts with us!
Awesome information which has answered a couple questions I had myself. Your voice is so soothing to listen to and your explanations are very easy to picture and understand. Please please please do more videos Natalie! ♥️♥️♥️
I love piecing a backing with a pattern as I used make a lot of curtains and I love the satisfaction of doing a good job of matching the pattern thankyou Natalie love how you have your own show you have come a long way since I first saw you a shy young lady keep up the good work kim
Natalie im so excited for you and all of us!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍i LOVE YOU! So excited i hope this really becomes a series, like your moms show was👍🏽💁🏻♀️love yall bunches Linda Gillespie (from Edgerton, Kansas not far from you all)
Loved this episode and look forward to many more episodes of the Final Stitch. I have always loved seeing Natalie in any video and I'm so happy to see her with her own series.
This was a wonderful and informative tutorial. Natalie is a natural, just like her mom! I’m really looking forward to seeing more of these videos from Natalie and the MSQC staff. And thank you for the free pieced backing download!
Excellent video Natalie! Figuring out the backing and all the points you covered gets stressful. I will be watching this video many times. 😂 Thank You can't wait for the next video.
Hi from Oklahoma I have always enjoyed spending as much time on the back of my quilts as I do on the tops. I call them “ after quilts”. I enjoyed “Final Stitch” please continue this program.
I love this episode. I learned from an elderly quilter that she never buys backing fabric. She uses pieces from her stash to back her fabrics. That is what I do to my quilts. My backings are pieced with a bunch of colorful fabrics, whatever I have on hand, and the quilts are always reversible. Hoping to see more of Natalie.
Hi from Scotland great tips Natalie and lovely to have you hosting. I found this very interesting as I have been toying with the idea of making the back of my quilts a bit different and this has been very helpful thanks. X
I really enjoyed the final stitch I learned a lot. Excited for episode 2. Natalie you did great job. I hope to see you do more your so much like your Moma.Thank you
Love your videos Natalie! I love that you are real! That you know your stuff and show your quilt you made. Love that there are no rules with quilting! I do whatever works to complete my quilt. Pieced or solid backs are fun.
Hello from Traverse City, Michigan! This is a GREAT series. LOVE to see Jennie but Natalie is refreshing with a different take on things. EXCELLENT information on backings ... they have always confused me ... no problems with piecing ... it's finishing things up that throws me for a loop. LOVE using "orphan blocks" on the backs of quilts!
Oh Natalie!!! Thank you for speaking about this. I added a 3 rows from my front to extend the fabric on a baby quilt. My husband, who doesn’t know crap about quilting said “it looks like you were too cheap to buy the extra fabric.” I told him it created balance from the front to the back. Finally, someone validated me. Yes, I didn’t want to purchase another yard of something that I didn’t really need, but I thought I was being frugal. 🤪🤨
I love to hear Natalie’s advice/perspective, she’s so creative and helps get my mind out the box I sometimes get in. I’m looking forward to more episodes of The Final Stitch!!!! I also love love love her pegboard with cross stitch on it....so awesome!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍
Natalie, I love your short hairstyle - so fashionable and flattering. I have seen some older videos of you and you seem more comfortable and confident now. Yeah Natalie!!
Hi from Toronto, great to see Natalie with her own episodes!
She is just so easy to listen to. I usually like live but she is just good to listen to.
Hi from Tina from Wisconsin. Very informational.
Hi I am also from Toronto via Halifax and have landed in Whangarei NZ. Natalie's videos are awesome. I always add orphan blocks and extra scraps to my backs now. All wonderful tips. I call it the #afterquilt after seeing Karen Brown on @justgetitdonequilts. Missouri 🌟 you are the best at inspiring quilters worldwide! 😊
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I would like a “Final Stitch” on squaring up a quilt. I really enjoyed today’s episode.
The "Crafty Gemini" has a great video on squaring up quilts. Her video is how I learned to square up mine. If I knew how to link it I would, but I'm not that tech savy.
Me too!!
Yes, squaring up a full size quilt
Yes, PLEASE! Squaring up!
Me too❤️
Finally, someone showed exactly how the backing is sewn together and how to use directional fabric. Thank you, thank you.
I hope someone will show how to use a panel that has a wonky border without cutting it off and how to square it.
Thank you for the Pieced Backing directions. Giving the math equations makes this so much easier for us none math people.
Glad to see Natalie on her own show. Well done.
I love your tips I have learned some new things
When I first started quilting, I felt like I had to have one large piece of fabric on the back. Over the years, I've changed my methods, and now I always use pieced backing. I try to use up extra yardage from the quilt top, extra blocks if I have them, whatever. I love the look. Natalie and I think alike - the back looks great when it's funky!
I’ve done that too so I won’t have to buy more fabric! I thought I was just being cheap but no it’s cool.
I like the setting of Final Stitch and Natalie is so talented!
I have been looking forward to Natalie starting her own show. Always loved when she would participate with her Mom. I agree she's so smart and talented. Glad she's sharing her tips.
I was so thrilled to see Natalie doing this great informative video!!! I was just thinking how nice it would be to see her do something to help us quilters out. Her quilting spot there is just darling.Way to go Natalie !!Please show us more of your great stuff!Thank you!!
I agree, a pieced backing is sooo much more interesting! It becomes 2 quilts in one! Nice job, Natalie!
Hello from Delaware, I love the "Final Stitch", keep them coming.
As I am thinking about Finishing My Quilt, I always try to do something special and different for each quilt. Scalloped borders, piano key border, flying geese in one corner, etc. I also like to make my top border a little smaller so I know how to make the bed...... you are a great teacher..... you explain things soooooooo well. Most of my scraps are leftover border pieces. NO need fro
No need for a STASH🙄
LOVE Natalie's "Final Stitch" program!!!!! So nice to see her with her own show!
I love the fact that you said, "there are no rules" be creative!!!
Happy to see Natalie discussing the process of backing a quilt. I would love to see a video addressing the problem of borders becoming distorted or wavy. Thanks!
Me too I have lots with "Friendly" borders. So wavy 😊
Me too. Can’t seem to get them straight at least with bigger quilts
I like to use flannel on my quilt backs makes them cozy and also minky cloth great job natalie
Chris Klayo doesnflannel gunk up your machine?
Sylvia Parnell it does leave a lot of dust bunnies but I keep cleaning up after it I do need to get a good cleaning though so we will see
Yeah for Natalie! She is so soft spoken , fluent, and not so rushed today. Love this!
Fantastic and helpful video! Thanks!
I always find the best quilt compliment I get is when someone folds one of my quilts with the backing side out because it looks as good and interesting as the front.
Natalie I am beyond excited that you are getting your own episode !!! I love how you teach and your style. Thank you MSQC for letting Natalie be on you tube too!!!
I’m a big fan of Natalie!
I’ve often wondered why “double sided” quilts aren’t very mainstream. Especially if you’re quilting with an all over pattern.
Great video! I love the “cross stitching” on the pegboard in the background. What a cute idea!
What a nice service you are offering us as quilters. I agree with the others -- keep them coming!
Love the quilt with the blocks on the back! It makes the reverse really nice.
Check out "Just get it done" quilting channel. She has several tutorials about what she calls "after quilts", backings that incorporate leftover blocks or top materials.
Yayyyy! Finally some help with backing and binding!!!
I have the worst time trying to figure out how to piece my backings. Just can't seem to conceptualize how to do it. This video has shown me a way I never thought of! I will definitely try it on my next quilt. Thank you, Natalie!
I Love the expression “PARTY IN THE BACK” 🥰
Love these Final Stitch episodes. Natalie describes the challenges and solutions very clearly. *****
I love your quilts Natalie! It’s fantastic when the 3 of you get together and show all the different things to do!!
Oh - fabulous job Natalie. Keep doing these episodes. Such a great job! Enjoy Triple Play too!
This will be a bit mushy... Natalie, it's wonderful to see you growing into yourself with so much grace. The 1st time I saw you on a MSQC tutorial was when you helped your mom explain binding. I remember your hair half-covered your face. I wanted to scream, "You don't need to hide! Show yourself, girl!" You are a great teacher and it's so good to see you shine. Thanks for all your tutoring.
I am thinking NONE of these comments has been read. Im sorry!
Love this! Thank you Natalie! And MSQC TOO!
Wonderful first episode! I enjoyed your calm demeanor. I look forward to future episodes. Congrats on a job well done!
I LOVE this episode from Natalie. I would definitely like to see more of Natalie answering questions about anything. This was great!!! Thanks so much.
Thanks that was great and I just did that to my Covid19 quilt. The back is as crazy as the front. I named it that because of being shut up for so many months. Thank God staying healthy.
Love having a new MSQC series to watch, this one was very informative. Natalie, you are so creative, I enjoy seeing what you come up with. Your quilt was darling, I just loved your quilt backing. All the quilts shown were so very pretty! ❤
I really like the way you said by keeping your long fabric in one piece and fold and stitch the selvedge edge then cut in half. Wow. That will make my life so much easier. Thank you
This was a great topic..and too often overlooked. Thanks for the great ideas and tips. Your presentations are always concise and without a lot of extra chitchat. Looking forward to more from you,natalie!
This information was just what I needed to know. Thank you also for showing the various types of backing.
Natalie. Today I was able to know where to cut my binding so that it joined correctly ! Thank you
This was a great episode. I just hear my grandmother saying "the back should always be one color". Bless her soul. Some day I will get that out of my head. I loved the different backs. Makes a whole new quilt. Thank you for the inspiration.
Excellent tutorial. Thank you for sharing you talents with us. You are doing a great job!
Enjoyed the show....Congrats on the Show And the New Baby!💛🧡❤💚💙
Great to see your show, Natalie. Thanks.
This was a wonderful lesson! I love how your expanding your teaching! I like that you brought a personal quilt too.
Great info. See you next time Natalie I'll be waiting ✂️🧵📍🌻
Great job Natalie! Can definitely tell that you are gaining more confidence in front of the camera & not looking off to the side as much & smiling much more☺️You have inherited great quilting and teaching skills from Mom, keep up the great work and thanks for all that you do!
Thanks Natalie! You answered questions I didn't realize I had in the back of my mind!!!
Well done, Natalie! 😀
I appreciate the fact that Natalie shows very attractive backing using smaller pieces to make a colorful back instead of purchasing the whole thing in one piece. I really enjoyed this new program. Thanks!
Natalie, great information. I've created a couple of pieced backed quilts. I had no idea I was making so much work for my quilter. I always admired her...now even more so!
I long arm. I have never had an issue w pieced backings. I would bet that as long as its sewn well, she doesn't mind. The trick is to use a deeper seam, usually 1/2 inch, and a slightly shorter stitch length. I personally prefer the seams ironed to the side, but I know longarmers who want them pressed open. Just ask her what she prefers. 🙂
I really enjoyed this episode Natalie! Very informative...but I must say, you have such a bright, sunny smile! Love to watch your face light up!
Thank you, Natalie, for this series. I have not read the preceding 664 comments to see if someone else mentioned this, but some folks refer to a pieced backing an “after quilt” when it includes one or more elements from the front. Fun stuff!
Thanks so much for explaining about piecing the backing for the quilter as opposed to self-quilting. I’m getting ready to piece a back for a small kid’s quilt, and now I know how to assemble it correctly. 🤗
Thanks for showing us those lovely examples of different ways to back a quilt. Look forward to your next tips-and-tricks video. ~Diana from Hamilton (Ontario, Canada).
I love Final Stitch. So informative and helpful. I would find it so helpful if you did a video on binding. How to put it on straight sides and how to put it on a scallop edge. I also would find a video on choosing what thread color to quilt with very helpful. Thank you for sharing your amazing gifts with us!
This video was AWESOME!
Really great video! Natalie and crew helped to assure that any way is ok for quilt backing! ❤️
Thanks for all if the wonderful information. The diffrent backs are great. Thanks Natlie
Awesome information which has answered a couple questions I had myself. Your voice is so soothing to listen to and your explanations are very easy to picture and understand. Please please please do more videos Natalie! ♥️♥️♥️
I love piecing a backing with a pattern as I used make a lot of curtains and I love the satisfaction of doing a good job of matching the pattern thankyou Natalie love how you have your own show you have come a long way since I first saw you a shy young lady keep up the good work kim
Bravo Natalie..... this is gonna be a great series...... thanks so much.....
Loved seeing Natalie host this fun backing segment. I learned a lot. Thanks!
So glad to have Natalie doing these videos. She is so knowledgeable. Thanks for your help. Cindy
The apple didn’t fall far from the tree! In the triple plays, your taste and mine are spot on; I am going to love the final stitch!
I love this new show. Natalie, you did a great job hosting and answering our questions. You're going places girl...
BTW, can you show how to miter an added border?
Natalie im so excited for you and all of us!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍i LOVE YOU! So excited i hope this really becomes a series, like your moms show was👍🏽💁🏻♀️love yall bunches Linda Gillespie (from Edgerton, Kansas not far from you all)
Loved this episode and look forward to many more episodes of the Final Stitch. I have always loved seeing Natalie in any video and I'm so happy to see her with her own series.
Love that Natalie is doing videos!! Hope to see more!!!!!!
I’m in New Mexico, I lived this video, you make it sound easy and reminded us to have fun! Thank you
Loved this video
Love "The Final Stitch" episode #1. I am looking forward to more! Love to listen to Natalie! Love the creativity!
Nice and informative episode and nice picture of Natalie in the green dress. Thanks
This was a wonderful and informative tutorial. Natalie is a natural, just like her mom! I’m really looking forward to seeing more of these videos from Natalie and the MSQC staff. And thank you for the free pieced backing download!
Excellent video Natalie! Figuring out the backing and all the points you covered gets stressful. I will be watching this video many times. 😂 Thank You can't wait for the next video.
Hi from Oklahoma I have always enjoyed spending as much time on the back of my quilts as I do on the tops. I call them “ after quilts”. I enjoyed “Final Stitch” please continue this program.
Excited to see natalee with her own show on here I feel as though she will do welll she has her moms personality and that will be great to see
Great video, looking forward to more!
Nice job, Natalie! You are very enjoyable to listen to!!
I love this episode. I learned from an elderly quilter that she never buys backing fabric. She uses pieces from her stash to back her fabrics. That is what I do to my quilts. My backings are pieced with a bunch of colorful fabrics, whatever I have on hand, and the quilts are always reversible. Hoping to see more of Natalie.
Hi from Scotland great tips Natalie and lovely to have you hosting. I found this very interesting as I have been toying with the idea of making the back of my quilts a bit different and this has been very helpful thanks. X
Thanks Natalie! Very informative and please keep this going!
I really enjoyed the final stitch I learned a lot. Excited for episode 2. Natalie you did great job. I hope to see you do more your so much like your Moma.Thank you
GREAT Job and Idea for a show, LOVE your company and staff, you are the kindest most generous group!!
Love your videos Natalie! I love that you are real! That you know your stuff and show your quilt you made. Love that there are no rules with quilting! I do whatever works to complete my quilt. Pieced or solid backs are fun.
Hello from Traverse City, Michigan! This is a GREAT series. LOVE to see Jennie but Natalie is refreshing with a different take on things. EXCELLENT information on backings ... they have always confused me ... no problems with piecing ... it's finishing things up that throws me for a loop. LOVE using "orphan blocks" on the backs of quilts!
natalie, i love you so much!!! i'm so glad you started something independently!!!
Wow! I am a new quilter and this is great information!! Thank you Natalie!!!! All new to me!
Oh Natalie!!! Thank you for speaking about this. I added a 3 rows from my front to extend the fabric on a baby quilt. My husband, who doesn’t know crap about quilting said “it looks like you were too cheap to buy the extra fabric.” I told him it created balance from the front to the back. Finally, someone validated me. Yes, I didn’t want to purchase another yard of something that I didn’t really need, but I thought I was being frugal. 🤪🤨
I love Natalie’s personal quilt!
Will be watching your series, Natalie!
I love to hear Natalie’s advice/perspective, she’s so creative and helps get my mind out the box I sometimes get in. I’m looking forward to more episodes of The Final Stitch!!!! I also love love love her pegboard with cross stitch on it....so awesome!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍
Love to finally see Natalie with her own segment.
Hello from Arkansas. I so enjoy Natalie. Keep em coming 👍
Natalie, I love your short hairstyle - so fashionable and flattering. I have seen some older videos of you and you seem more comfortable and confident now. Yeah Natalie!!
Love, love, love this new series! I have always had trouble trying to figure out backing! Love listening to you Natalie!
What an awesome tutorial! I can totally count on MSQ to be right on time with all the quilt information I need!
Great job and look forward to many more👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Hi from Argentina! I loved this new series! Thanks Natalie!
As a new quilter I found this very helpfully. Thank you.
Hello from Wyoming. I love watching Natalie. She has such a wealth of knowledge and experience! Always a pleasure to see you!!!
I love Natalie's presentation. Friendly, clear, concise and easy to follow. Keep the videos coming!