After much searching through my stash and head-scratching, still couldn't come up with a suitable backing for my DIL's string quilt. Went to Textile Traders Midland (is that ever a trap for those on a fabric moratorium!). Purchased just enough pale blue gingham for the back and a metre and a half of plain white. I bought some Procion Dye at an art supply store that morning....so I needed the white for my first foray into dyeing since the age of 15. Steered myself away from all the bargain/sale tables and resisted all entreaties from the staff to look at all the exciting new stuff going on (whizz bang machines and lots of fabric). Don't plan on going to that part of town for a couple of months, so hopefully I'll stay on the straight and narrow.