I don't think the quilting will show up on the border.
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I don't think the quilting will show up on the border.
A Good Friend, like an old quilt, is both a Treasure and a Comfort
I did a diagonal stitching across the piano keys at about 45º angle. My strips were pretty narrow so stitching in the ditch would have been difficult and likley not looked good.