Originally Posted by
Gemm
The mitered borders have been finished but I'm not happy with the backing idea I had so I think this one will be left as a flimsy until I can figure out a solution that works. I'd like to say I will use stash but at this point it's unlikely just because I don't have that many larger stash pieces and I already know most of them won't work for a backing (for my level of expectations :-)).
I think I have reached the point of having "too much" stash because as I was pulling boxes of fabric apart this week looking for inspiration I found a piece of fabric I have absolutely no memory of acquiring. There is quite a lot of it and it just might be the backing I was looking for to complete my brights quilt (I'm thinking this quilt's official name should be "indigo gypsy garden dance" named after two of the focus fabrics but that's such a mouthful...). I'm going to look at that trick of cutting a long piece diagonally to make the backing piece wider - I'm not sure I have enough length, though, so will be looking for details on how to do the math for that process. :-)
Three cheers for finding things in stash! :-D