Cashmere Patchwork Quilt

Step 6 Add backing

Attach a backing material (I prefer cotton gauze) to the patchwork piece. Sew the sweater strips onto the backing along the long seams again. In other words, along the long sides of the sweater strips are 2 stitches. Place the sweater piece on top of the backing, with the sweater side up. If you fused the seams together already, no pinning or basting is needed. Just use the zig zag stitch along the same long seams again, reenforcing those seams. These edges should be able to withstand use and wash now that they have been stitched twice and fused, too.