Pieced back for 16-patch done!

It was perfect lighting this morning, (cloud cover) so out I went to get a photo of the pieced backing on my picnic table. My husband wondered why I would do a pieced back? Why not just buy fabric all the same for the back? Here's why:

• It would take 6 yards of fabric for the back of this queen size quilt.
• I have lots of fabric to use that aren't in big hunks, thus "saving" me some money.
• The reverse will look like a fun quilt top once it's quilted.

Here's a close-up of the fabrics (Phillip Jacobs' Coleus, Marcia Derse prints, and a couple of batiks. Click to see details.