Pieced Back

[Longstocking]

This is a close up of a baby quilt top I just finished.

Can you show me ideas please for a pieced back. I am too lazy and don't want to drag 3 young kids to a fabric store. I have fabric that I think will work but none of my pieces are big enough either direction. I need something as simple as possible because I hope to have this done for a baby shower next week Sat.
Here's some of the fabric I'm thinking might work. What do you think?
P.S. I think the binding is going to be some marble citrus (super bright) fabric that I have)

[Juliet Taylor]

How about squares? simple squares of different fabrics? Of course making the squares as big as the fabric allows you to avoid waste!

[vchale]

There's a free craftsy class you might want to look at. I think the easiest way is large squares or rectangles or strips if you have enough. Congrats on finishing the top. I would say pick your favorite fabric out of your stash and then see how much you need to add to it to make the back large enough.

[Hulamoon]

This is a free class from Crafsty

Learn How To Back a Quilt In: Creative Quilt Backs

[Doloris]

here are 3 I did. I also did one with just a strip across.

[Midge]

Can you fit squares or rectangles of the fabrics you have the most of onto a stripe about 1/3 of the way down the length of the quilt ? The stripe could be composed of varying sizes of rectangles of the fabrics you have the least of. I recommend drawing the back of the quilt to scale and then penciling in various schemes for using those scrap fabrics until you find a fit. Somewhere I saw a blogger who posted a diagram showing this. If I can find it again I will edit this post to show you the link.

Edit: Found the blog I was referring to - christaquilts.com. She has diagrams. But even better, to inspire you, I found this Pinterest page that includes Christa's diagrams but so much more.

http://www.pinterest.com/joanneklemenc/quilt-backs/

[lourixe]

These are two of my pieced backings, if it can help/inspire you:

[Longstocking]

Thank you for all the inspirational help! I love the look of pieced backs. I should do it on purpose more often.

I was thinking these 4 fabrics. The grey polka dots would go in 2 strips. Down that side and across the middle. I sent my husband the picture to ask his opinion ... He more often has better color sense than I do - lol. He replied that I needed to go to the fabric store and find something else. Guess I won't argue with that! Hahah
But, if you think this looks ok I'm going for it anyway I'm not so sure about the grey fabrics.

[Longstocking]

It's interesting but it's big enough so I'll call it good enough. Thank you so much for all your help and suggestions!

[JCY]

Pinterest doesn't like to let you see what's on their pages. They black out 2/3 of the page giving you just a small strip of window to see items. This is very frustrating! What's up with that!?