A couple of months ago, one of the ladies in our quilt group did a class on borders.  I figured that was yet another great way to use an ugly fabric, especially one with a repeating geometric pattern.  I fussy-cut the fabric out in the following example, and used a courthouse steps pattern to make the blocks.  If I were making a whole quilt like this, I would probably applique something in the center of the blocks, just to add another dimension to the quilt!