I didn’t get finished.

I know–you’re not surprised.

I made the backing way more difficult than necessary and it took my all week to just put it together.

Because I was trying to save money….

The 108″ wide backing fabric that I liked on Fabric.com was $12.73 a yard.  I needed 115″ inches which comes out to about 3 1/4 yards.  They don’t offer cuts of 1/4 yards so I would have had to order 3 1/2 yards.

$44.56 plus tax and shipping.

I pulled out all the material I had left from the front of the sampler.

I originally thought I’d do something simple like idea 2 or 5 in the following pin:

I didn’t have enough of any of the fabrics to use either of those ideas but I did have enough to make six giant log cabin blocks.

They are all 27″.

Then I put them together with a couple of different white fabrics I had left from the sampler.

Here’s the backing on the queen-sized Murphy bed that’s in the guest bedroom…

And the front of the Splendid Sampler…

It’s a bit too large for that bed!  Right?

And I think I like the backing better than the actual Sampler!

So today I’m planning on basting it.

Then I’ll pull it together with minimal quilting.

I ordered the fabric for the binding but it hasn’t arrived yet. Should be here in the next few days!

Next week? Finished?

Ha!