Jenniky-love your "fire house and fire engine!" We have lots of "fire" things around our house. My husband retired almost 2 yrs ago from a 35 1/2 yr career in the fire service!! Did you use "tear away" to stabilize when you stitched it all--helps with less shrinkage!
Sorry your back is bothering you--what is wrong, do you know? I husband hurt his back a year ago--turns out he has 3 bulging discs. He went to a spine specialist for about 6 months--he used ice only not heat. Even though heat feels good, the spine specialist and physical therapist said ice is better. The numbing effect of ice packs helped reduce the pain, too!