jillmc

One of my best friends has taken the plunge and wants to learn to quilt! She picked out fabrics to make a lap quilt for her future DIL, who celebrates Hannuka. I drafted a simple pattern, and she made most of the blocks....and then she woke up 2 months ago with an extremely and painful swollen hand. Family doc thinks rheum arthritis, but she can't get in to a rheumatologist for another month! So she is on steroids and pain pills, and her sewing days are on hold. I finished up the top for her, but I think it needs borders-to make it a usable size, if nothing else! There isn't enough fabric to make another row of blocks-she needed to recut a few beginner mistakes-and we purchased the fabric out of state many months ago.
So. I am not happy with either of these choices....but I think it needs to be brightened up. White is too stark. Any suggestions? Thank you!

Edit: wow do those blocks look wonky on my screen! Haha! Trust me, everything is square-we squared everything as we went just so she would get the hang of the importance of 1/4" seam!