Here is a pic I posted earlier - that is my 12yo, Harry, holding it up for me. Taken at night, but the colours show pretty well considering.
Now imagine the border:
framed first with a 1" strip of brown,
then a 2" strip of green,
a checkerboard edge the same as the 9-patch - green/homespun/green/homespun - set to continue the diagonals on the quilt top,
then a 6" border of green again.
The brown is mottled, and matches the tree-trunks/
The green is dark green, with itty bitty spots of cream scattered through it.
ooooooo it's gonna be purty!!!
I've bought extra fabric than the bare minimum, because it takes the stress off having to cut just right, and because a girl can never have enough scraps!
Thank you for your interest