Um.....yeah so the backing isn't right. I needed a 60 x 60 piece. Somehow...I really thought that if I cut 2 30 inch squares, they would add up to 60. This is why my high school algebra teacher thought I was joking when I told him I took up quilting. He even made sure to ask "you know it DOES involve some math don't you?" God love him.
So I sat on the floor and ripped and sewed and ripped and sewed and guess what??? You can't get a 60 in square out of 2 30 in squares...it's impossible. So, I sewed on the little piece I cut off. That got me 72 x 44....still not right. Well...I ran out of fabric. I tried every shop I could think of in town and couldn't find this same fabric that I had bought online. I really HAVE to get this thing in the frame this weekend or I'm going to run out of time! So...I bought a little solid green, darker than the lattice strips, but lighter than the original backing. I'm adding a 10 in strip on each long side and I'll put it together that way. Gramma will think it will have character and I'm not going to tell her that I hate a multi-color backing. I'm just hoping to arrange it where it doesn't look horrible.
RRRGGGG.....so, when the kids go to bed, I'll add the strips, center the stupid thing and spray away. This quilt is going to live 500 miles away from me and I'm not going to spend my days staring at the back and neither is anyone else. It's just irksome..