Originally Posted by roseOfsharon
I'm not an expert, but I am think not to do sashing, maybe two borders of two shades of green would set it off nicely! Maybe a scalloped border ...
I agree with this, doesn't look like Mom planned on sashing, so I would just add a border or maybe two. maybe varigated of the flower colors, then green for outer. It will be beautiful and what a memory.
I stopped cross stitch when I started to learn to quilt. This is a nice way to combine them.