Pieced Backing, My Blue Stars, and "What Do I Do With These?"

Last night I finished piecing the backing for the Quilter's Quotes quilt.  That has everything made:  the flimsy, the pieced backing, and the pieced binding.  It currently is hanging on the design wall over the flimsy, blocking my patio door!

I really didn't want to put just plain white or muslin on the back, especially since I had a few inches of five of the 30's fabrics left.  I knew I'd never use those again, so I grabbed a pencil and paper and stated figuring and drawing to come up with a plan.  It actually went together quite easily, though at one point I almost did what one of the quotes says; you figure out which one!  *giggle*  After I got the two vertical strips together, I tested how to place them.  I first tried reversing one strip so that different fabrics would  be side by side (except the center red), but somehow I didn't like that look.  So I just kept the same fabrics side by side.    At least they are out of the stash, except for a few small scraps.

Before I put the top border on, I found the little wordy strip that had been with the Quilter's Quotes, and I decided to put it at the backing top.  It says, "Quilts like friends are put together piece by piece  with love and gives warmth from the heart."  (Syntax not really correct, but that's the way it is printed.)  Maybe you can see it if you double click.

Now I have a question for you.  What should I do with these?

These are the tiny scrap triangles I decided to stitch together rather than trash them.  They are all properly trimmed, but I decided to just bag them for now and put them in the 30's bin.  Maybe someday I'll make a pillow, or whatever.  Sometimes I question my sanity!

I can't decide whether to sandwich and quilt the flimsy soon, or pack it all away and get on with something else.   It shouldn't take too long to quilt if I just straight line it with the walking foot, but I'm also thinking maybe it would be a good one to practice some free motion quilting on since it's just a fun quilt anyway, and certainly not a show quilt.  I'll decide in a few days.

I did finally get the binding and label finished on "My Blue Stars".   Here's a final look, along with a look at the backing fabric which I love.

Oops!  I didn't get a picture with the navy binding.  

Okay; here it has the navy binding.  Use your imagination. 
It does really look good against the red border.  I love this backing.

Just had to show a closeup of the musical fabric again.  I love this quilt!
It was quilted entirely with my walking foot.

Thanks for all your nice comments on my last blog post.  I'm sorry I haven't slowed down long enough to thank you by e-mail before now.  I do really appreciate your encouragement.

Got to get ready for church.  I'm playing for the special music tonight!

I'll be watching for what all of you have been working on.

---"Love"