Thank you for the compliments! About the striped binding, I had to piece short pieces together to get it long enough, but that's the only fabric that looked right when I tried to match fabrics for the binding. The pieces actually came from the back of the heart cut-out in the middle of the quilt. I had very little of this one fabric to begin with, but it was perfect for this quilt. By the way, my DB came by Tuesday evening about 5 p.m. to see it, and he LOVED it! He will pick it up on Saturday.