Wonderful story! And the other stories as well.
That is a beautiful quilt and I like the back too. I've always loved using wild prints for backs but I've started doing more piecing or using up the orphan blocks and using up large scale fabrics that maybe reflect the theme of the front of the quilt but didn't get used. Sometimes I'm using multiple fabrics for the binding too. So many fabrics, so many places to put them!
Good job indeed, Kalamaquilts