sampler 2: quilt top

After ten Thursday nights at the workroom, I've finally finished my Sampler 2 quilt top. Sampler quilts are always a bit of a surprise to me: I'm never really sure what they'll look like when they're done.  When I started my sampler, I imagined something made of lots of earthy browns with hits of pink, yellow, and blue.  In the end, I have a very blue quilt. I still love it, though, and it's part of the wonder of sampler quilts.

But my quilt isn't done yet. I still have to baste and quilt this top, and I'm not sure what to use as my backing. In fact, I'm not even sure how I'm going to quilt it! Any suggestions?

More than that, I don't know what to do with my Thursday nights. The class was such a fun, weekly ritual that I don't really want to give it up!