I used a batik backing for a paper pieced star quilt I did, It was the perfect colors for the border, I also used it for the backing. You might want to consider, washing the backing before using it in a pieced quilt as I have had some backings shrink quite a bit, some don't, some do. I now mostly use yardage because of quality issues in the backings and I have found it hard to tell the quality sometimes as it seems some of them use more stiffeners in them. Maybe if I had used more of them, I would know which ones to get and which ones to avoid.