I started the quilting. I can't say that I am totally happy with it, I'm just not that good at it yet. I was thinking I was ruining it and just wanted to give up. Then I thought... It's mine. All my work, whether good or bad, it's mine.
I'll just do what I can and hopefully have no regrets. In a few years when I look back at it I'll probably cringe but, I'm not going to get anywhere if I don't try.
I also decided to cut off the outer white row of the border. The binding fabric is the same as the red around the scallops and I think it will look better to end right there instead of a white strip and then the red binding again.