I agree with this and with donnajean's post right before this one. It's going to be very nice!
Originally Posted by gal288
If you do the roping as the first border you will loose the effect of the boxes. I would suggest that you do a border of the green the same width of the spacing between the blocks, the do the roping as a final border. Bind it in the green.
To see if you like what I have suggested, line the green, roping and then green up on one side and see how it looks. That's what I usually do to visualize how it will end up.
I was typing while you were posting.
Love the green border then the roping. Do the darker gold as the binding and the grassy(?) fabric as the backing.