Janeen, that is just fantastic, your discription of the earth describes it so well, and just look how it coordinates with the grass behind!!
seeing as you hate pinning ready for quilting - I use the 'microstitch' gun, it uses ultra small tacks - check it out its really simple to use speeds up the job no end. You can even stitch over the top of the tacks as they are so small they are no threat to your machine needle either if you are machine quilting. Have a look a few pages in on my post called - Do you want to see some progress, there are a few pictures of the tacks close up so you can see for yourself!!
Love your quilt!!