In Which Lynne Changes Her Mind

 

I knew the Stairway to Heaven Quilt needed a border, so I sewed a selection of yellow fabrics all around the quilt. All the yellow fabrics in the border are in the quilt itself.

The more I looked at the blue Marcia Derse fabric that Julie sent me the less I liked it. Rummaging through my stash I found bits of the yellows that were in the quilt itself, and sewed them together. 

I used more yellow fabrics and the long strips of the leftover blocks to the sides of the center panel.

Because I added a border to the quilt itself, the backing had to be still bigger, so more fabric on the sides.

I should probably have sewed two of the long pieced strips to either side of the center panel, but I didn't quite have enough. Oh well.

But I like this backing a lot better than my original concept.