Piecing my backing...

Ok...  Now that the holidays are over and I am back from Seattle and celebrating my grandson's 1st birthday, I can get back to my quilting!!

I spent last weekend reorganizing my space and it is working A LOT better now : )

I have decided that the first order of business would be to get the backing finished for the Miss South Dakota Crown Quilt. 

I decided to use 6-1/2" squares and make 4-patch blocks using 3-1/2" squares.  I used the batiks that I used for the front side of the quilt.  As you can see, I did a lot of cutting.  I figured I needed 285 6-1/2" blocks...  So...  I cut 600 small and 150 large squares. 
 

I figured I need 19 rows of 15 blocks, and today I got 2 rows done!!

I am trying to be random, but I am really struggling with that!!  So, I am handpicking all the pieces while trying to make it LOOK random.  That is as good as it gets : )

Happy Quilting...