Here is the very simple pieced backing for my recently completed 4-Patch Wonder quilt top, Berried Treasure. The quilt back measures 77″ x 91″ — four inches more on all sides than the quilt top measuring 69″ x 83″. That’s standard for a quilt that’s going to be quilted on a longarm machine by a professional quilter.

The bottom half of the quilt back came from my stash and was chosen because it was the perfect shade of green. The design is a map of Manhattan. (The Dear Husband has been fascinated by maps since he was a small boy and as a result I have acquired several fabrics in my stash that feature actual maps.)

Whenever I make a kaleidoscope quilt (or in this case a faux-kaleido quilt), I like to include a piece of the original focus fabric on the back. Why? For the simple reason that people always want to know what fabric design created such an amazing diversity of blocks. The floral fabric you see above (an older piece of Lakehouse Dry Goods’ “Raspberries and Hydrangea” fabric line in the blue colorway) was stacked and cut into identical squares and then rotated to create the individual blocks, which you can see on this photo of the quilt front before the borders were added:

I’m hoping to deliver the quilt and backing to my longarm quilter early next week. It would be lovely to get this beauty quilted and bound by the end of the month. One can hope!