I made it in 2007, but never quilted it. It's sat in a box. The instructions say not to prewash the fabric, and I've had no troubles at all with it coming unfused. I think I'll take a test scrap, and see what black looks like. I might do the binding in black as well. I'm not sure if I have enough for the binding.
And I think I'll go around the large area in black, but it will show the black threads on the back. That might not look very good. I'll do a swatch first.