Faux feathers...

Man, I had a lot of drag issues with this quilt!

I'm not sure if it was due to sheer incompetence on my part, or the fact that the home dec weight on the back was slipperier than usual. When I trimmed it all up, it looked like I had quilted feathers into it.

You can tell exactly what direction(s) I quilted in. I had pinned parallel to my quilting lines; in retrospect, pinning perpendicularly -- and additional pins --  would have held the heavier weight backing more securely in place.

The backing before washing

The backing is a Crate &  Barrel Outlet Marimekko find from several years ago -- I think it was somewhere around $3 a yard, and was waiting for just the right quilt. I love how it picks up the colors from the front and lightens it up. 

I was pretty worried about how it was going to turn out with all that wacky puckering. Nothing was pre-washed, so washing in hot, hot water encouraged shrinkage, and in the end it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The puckering morphed into crinkles, and all is well.

It still needs a Quilts for Kids label, but is otherwise ready to be shipped. Hooray!