Gemm

That would work so well if I had a coordinating piece of fabric! I did something like that before when I was using up my baby flannels and had the perfect piece of fabric to link the bits (see photo). I could also have just done a vertical slice and put in a strip of something but again, the "something" was lacking. The backing I was hoping to use was really going to be a standalone only - it would have worked because it was mostly navy like my border but wouldn't have played all that well with the other stuff in the top.

It's okay - I've had enough time to enjoy looking at the half-metre cuts I bought and posted about at the end of July (#297) and am bound and determined to use them up for this quilt. That was the reason for their purchase and I keep telling myself I'm just being silly hanging on to them for a quilt I haven't thought up yet!