You can't tell from the not so good pic that I took, but I used black with white polka dots for the backing and binding; thought it would be fun to use with the black & white checkerboard borders. I also found a large triangle piece of white with black polka dots fabric and used that for the label.
This is what's on Moe's frame now ( can't remember the name and can't find the pattern).... not sure how I'm going to quilt it. It's only four blocks - I broker into a fat quarter pack for the colors... I'm not sure how long I've had the pack but know it's been years. I probably bought it on clearance at JoAnn's several years ago. I do know that one of the fabrics has 2003 on/in it's selvage - and I know I haven't had it THAT long lol.
I found some green batik-ish looking fabric for the backing... there were two pieces and I was able to slice the smaller piece in one direction and then sew it back together end to end and then sew that to the larger piece in order to be sure I had enough ( just barely) for the backing. It's a little wider than the quilt top - just not the 4" that is recommended and that I'm more comfortable with.
I did basically the same thing with the batting.... it's was long and narrowish so I cut it in half and then restitched together side to side so that now it's wide enough and still long enough for this project. In the pic above, you can see it hanging below/behind the quilt; I see that it doesn't look wide enough in the pic, but it's just the way I have it caught behind the bar so that I won't step on it.
Now, I just have to decide on how I want to quilt it. I probably shouldn't have put this one on the frame yet, but it's there and it's not coming off until it's quilted.
Ok, off to print out a b&w pic of the above quilt so that I can play with some quilting designs.
take care
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