Bar Graph Back For Berry Pi

Welcome to my stop on the Perfectly Pieced Quilt Backs blog hop! Kelly Young's new book is designed for people like me, lol. If you've been around here before, you may know I'm not a fan of piecing my quilt backs...while I love the idea, and I think pieced backs are beautiful, I find it feels like too much work to figure out how much of each fabric I need and how to put it together. Once I have the top finished, I just want to get to the quilting!

Perfectly Pieced Quilt Backs to the rescue! With 30 (yes, 30!) quilt back patterns, all of them with instructions for three sizes, you're sure to find something to fit your needs. Kelly did all the hard work for you, so you can follow the pattern just like you would for a quilt front, no figuring out required 😊 And if, by chance, you need a pattern for the front, too, Kelly has free downloadable patterns for 18 of the quilt 'fronts' featured in the book.

I decided I'd piece the back for my Berry Pi quilt. You can get the free Berry Pi pattern here.

I had scraps leftover from the 2 ½" strips I used for the front, plus I had made a cutting mistake when cutting the background for the front. That mistake left me with 3" strips that I really wanted to use rather than putting them into my scrap box, so I figured I'd use them for the background of the back. The scraps of the 2 ½" strips seemed perfectly suited to the Bar Graph pattern, so that's what I made, though I pieced my strips since I was starting with scraps.

Of course, I didn't have enough scraps of the 2 ½" strips, so I pulled more strips in colours that worked with what was already on the front. I had to cut more background strips, too, but eventually I had enough pieces of everything!

I don't think I've ever made a quilt back with so many seams. I have to admit, I love it, though! I quilted it with hearts and loops, with white Aurifil 50 wt thread. It was quick and fun to stitch, and seems the perfect fit for a baby quilt.

I won these labels in a giveaway on Kelly's blog way back in 2015! There were 1,000 on the roll...you can hardly tell I've used any, even after 8 years of steady quilt making. 

We have had a dreary June, with an abundance of rain, drizzle, and fog, so a trip to the beach for quilt pictures wasn't quite as warm as you'd think. Note the ice and fog in the background, lol. There were a couple of icebergs around, but none close enough to show up nicely in pictures taken on my phone.

If you want to get some help piecing the backs for your quilts, ask for Perfectly Pieced Quilt Backs in your LQS, or look wherever you buy quilting books. Or you can get a signed copy directly from Kelly 😊 And don't forget to download the free Berry Pi pattern!

Before I send you off to the rest of the blog hop, have you taken the What Kind of Scrap Quilter Are You quiz? This is the last week the quiz will be available, so follow the link to take it now!

There's plenty more quilt back inspiration to be found, so hop around to see what everyone else has made. All of the blog posts are being shared today, so there's no waiting required!

Sandra @ mmm...quilts 

Rose @ Something Rosemade

Diann @ Little Penguin Quilts

Laura @ Slice of Pi Quilts

Jayne @ Twiggy and Opal

Anja @ Anja Quilts

Nancy @ Grace and Peace Quilting

Vasudha @ Storied Quilts

Kris @ Sew Sunshine

Leanne @ Devoted Quilter (you are here!)

Rebecca @ Rebecca Grace Quilting

Preeti @ Sew Preeti Quilts

Susan @ Quilt Fabrication 

Kate @ Katie Mae Quilts

Sarah @ Sarah Goer Quilts

Linda @ Flourishing Palms 

Anne-Marie @ Stories From the Sewing Room

Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty

Gail @ Quilting Gail

Kat @ Scrapbox Quilts

Julie @ Julie's Quilts and Costumes

Jan @ The Colorful Fabriholic