Originally Posted by
Jingle
If no top border why couldn't you line the border up with top edge of quilt? Take the border down to the bottom and miter it at the corners of the bottom border, do the same on the other side border. This is what I would do. No top boder would be under the pillows.
I like this idea with a possible addition of a strip of the inner border across the full width of the top to have a finish for the star points. I think that this is a pattern that does not need a full border under the pillows.