Backing always sends me to the store to purchase something I think will "go" with the quilt. I usually settle for a blender, I have learned to only use blender colors that I like. Years ago, when I purchased a mattress in college, the salesman said,"Don't worry about the fabric on the mattress, it's always covered up by the sheet." But, everytime I changed those sheets I cringed at that hideous fabric. I don't want someone to cringe at that hideous back.