Did you take the fabric off one side only. I did this once and my husband questioned whether I should have trimmed from all four sides. Anyway I put it together, rolled it up and put it in a sack. The colors were beautiful. I named this my "God Awful Quilt" The park association was sponsoring a family in need, desperate for blankets, out came the quilt in the bag, we tied it and donated it to the family and they thought it was the most beautiful quilt they had seen.