I love pieced backings for all the reasons described above, but honestly, once I’ve finished piecing the front, I’m often not in the mood to spend more time on it, and want to get to the quilting as quick as possible.
So sometimes, I’ll piece the back BEFORE the front! I’ll take a length of backing fabric, co-ordinating scraps and orphan blocks from stash, and fashion something.
Then I still have excitement to make the actual quilt top, and can breathe a sigh of relief when the top is done.