Originally Posted by
feline fanatic
I agree with your first instinct that the purple somehow overwhelms it. Is purple her favorite color? If so definitely use it in a pieced border but I'm not sure piano key is the way to go on this one. I think something a bit less colorful using something from this site would work well, like Rick Rack done with that purple and the white, or tipped bricks using the purple and one of the other colors and white or the Entwined one.
http://www.quilterscache.com/B/Borders.html
If you do go with piano keys make sure you put a few white ones in there too or alternate every other colored one with the white. What is going in the big white squares?
I do not know if purple is her favorite color. I originally used purple in the middle to pull that color into the quilt (given the fabric I was originally planning to use for the border). At this point, I do have enough purple to use for the border, but am not wedded to it.
I really like the Rick Rack border you pointed out. I just saw that last night on another quiltingboard member's quilt, and have been thinking about it since then.
As for the big white squares... I was originally going to have the Girl Scout troop members sign their name and/or write a message to the leader. But, I am reconsidering that in favor of putting the signatures/messages on the back. So, at the moment, I don't have specific plans for the white squares on the front. I'm not sure if I want to do more applique... too busy? I am considering the possibility of quilting the Girl Scout symbol (the one in the center of the quilt) in those blocks with smaller free motion quilting around it. Do you (or anyone reading this) have suggestions? I'd really like this to be a Wow quilt for the leader!