I'm using the same material for the backing as I did for the borders. Here it is, right side down, in the only room in the house with both enough floor space, and a door that closes. 
| Now i've put the batting down ... and starts to become obvious why the door might be important. 
| ...real important. 
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Absolutely impossible to do this without the door closed! 
| Smokey IS awfully cute getting ready to pounce though ... she thinks she's so sneaky. 
| There! 
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Let's try this again. Batting on backing... 
| The center has been pinned so I can line it all up. 
| Now I line up the top on the batting and backing. 
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I've lined up the middles which were marked by safety pins. 
| On all 4 edges. 
| Then I pin-basted the layers together. In the close-up you can see the pins holding it all together. 
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I opened the door, and voila - instant kitty! Smokey likes to go after the pins. 
| ...or the edges... 
| she's never alone of course. 
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Okay, now for tying this quilt. I was doing this quickly, over a weekend, so I decided to try my hand at tying instead of quilting. I used this curved hook, and thin crochet yarn. 
| I put the needle through all 3 layers, and back up through all three, about 1/4" away. 
| ...pulled it through, but not all the way. I have equal lengths on both sides of the needle here. 
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Here's a better pic of it after it came through. 
| and SNIP! and the needle isn't attached. 
| And tie in a double knot. 
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