Backings are the bane of my existence! I always love watching the MSQC tutorials when Jenny says something like ....and look at this backing, isn’t it cute? we used 8 yards ...... all I can think is that’s 100 bucks! The problem is I do care what the back looks like. It the quilt is wide enough to use a wide back I tend to stick with a blender that goes with the front. I like that the scraps are quite useful. A couple of times I have gotten lucky and months later found a print from the same fabric line as the front on the clearance rack. Either way the most I have spent on backing is $40 and I hope to keep it that way!