Quilting News

Today I finished "Tea in the Bonsai Garden" - well, almost.  I was so excited when I sewed on the third border that I took it upstairs on the off chance that D would stay outside for a bit longer (he did) so I could snap a picture. Here it is as it is now (with no pillows on the bed):

This picture shows the quilt with the bottom border.  When I took the photo, I thought I had a better angle that showed at least part of the left side of the quilt, but obviously I didn't.  The borders are all done in the same manner but all have different blocks.  I wanted to give the impression that one was actually in a garden among the trees (the green and yellow ginkgo leaves).  The next photo shows the right hand side of the bed.

By now you probably realize what I forgot.  There is also a top edge to the quilt!  I may have overlooked it because I am torn about what fabric to use.  If I use the ginkgo leaf fabric, I may not have enough for the pillow shams which I really want to make with the ginkgo material as it will tie it all together.  But if I don't use that fabric, I'll have to finish the upper edge with the Kona jet black I used to border every block.  That might be all right because one won't really see it . . . .  Hmmmm.

Well, friends, what do you think?