Wow Losie, your border is fantastic, it will be a stunning quilt when it's done.
I still have 7 blocks to go and then my border. I am also scared about quilting it, but I really want it to be all my work so I will just have to bite the bullet and do it.
Are you going to use a black batting? Mine is batiks on black too and I'm not sure about using a white batting as I would hate for it to beard.
Has anyone had any problems with bearding?