This quilt is very unusual, and has all the expected uniqueness of a hand-made quilt. It isn't perfect - it looks like something your loving grandmother would make, rather than something off of a computer-run machine on an assembly line. The back of the quilt is a satin black material. It comes with 3 pillow covers, not just the one shown, in 3 different designs. You must provide your own pillows. Some say that it has more red in it than they expected, but I feel that it looks exactly like the picture. The quilt doesn't have any batting in it, so it isn't designed to keep you warm.