Originally Posted by Happy Treadler
I almost forgot something!!! OK, I'm sure you'll say "how could she forget THAT", but I was so excited about the quilt that I forgot I set aside another piece of fabric that they found with it. There must be nearly 4 yards of it. I'm thinking now that maybe SIL's gram had plans for it in this quilt. Maybe this could be my border. Not sure if it's from the same time period, but I'm thinking it is. In fact, maybe I could stretch it enough to do a small border and also use it as a backing & binding. Certainly the right colors and same texture!
Yep! How could you! sounds like me!
Have you considered using this eye-popping fabric for the backing and bringing it to the front so the finished quilt would be self-bound (don't know if that is the term). I have two quilts from a Mennonite retirement home that were done that way. It would be great to retain the vintage quality if at all possible. Happy quilting!