Question of the Week November 16

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Written by Deb Levy

Good Morning! Welcome to another week. There is a nip in the air here this morning, very unusual for SW Florida, but a nice break from the heat.

Linda Card sent me some more questions she has been pondering, and since this particular issue came up last week, I thought we'd make it the question for this week; with Linda's permission of course.

So, the subject this week is "backings" and here are the related questions:

When a customer brings you a quilt, how carefully do you inspect the backing?

Do you get many with the selvages left on?

Do you cut the selvages off the quilt back?

Do you charge the customer for this service?

Do you press open the seams on a pieced back?

Good questions! And thanks Linda for sharing them. Now, the rest of you head on over to the forum and join the discussion!

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