Thank you all - I was so sick of this thing that I had to put it away a couple of times for a few days, and it's a relief to have it done!
I did as much of the applique on the brown borders as I could do before I sewed it to the center, and that cut back on the cussin'.
I think I will outline all the applique for sure, and I like the ideas for some kind of star rays and a small filler stitch in the cream and natural areas.
The rays won't cross over any applique, so that would be a lot of starts and stops, but it could be interesting, especially where rays are crossing over each other. Maybe that would end up being the filler in the middle?
I'll keep cooking on it.
