Originally Posted by noveltyjunkie
I vote 3. My eye is distracted by the fact that the definite lines in the main quilt are not continued into the border. The fact that the border keys do not (and are not supposed to) line up, and are so close to the feature blocks, create discord for me. I love your colour combos, by the way- beautiful work!
How about adding another border of beige print next to the pieced quilt top and then a narrow blue border and then the piano keys with the narrow blue binding on the outer edge? That would create more of a frame for the blocks and keep the piano keys a bit farther away from the blocks.