QuiltE that's cool! I didn't know tape came in "dots." Where do you find that? I bet it would speed things up considerably.
I had troubles with the double sided tape. It either didn't have enough bulk to fill gaps in between the pressed items and the board or it stuck too well. I kind of dull the stickiness by sticking it on my jeans and then pulling it off.

Actually I don't use a regular inkjet printer, although that works too. Ours is an ink jet printer but it is made for artists and photographers: An HP Photosmart ProB9180. It takes 8 different colored ink cartridges... hubba hubba! I did comparisons with that too and the photo quality and color nuances and intensity is way ahead of our regular printer's capabilities. Jeepers, I sound like an ad for HP. ;)

That fabric is so beautiful I would love to have it.

Looks like you are more than the average home printer use ... high end stuff, eh? :) Check out the scrapbooking supplies for the dots .... though I know I saw that type of stuff in Staples in the regular section with scotch tape recently. I get what you mean that some stuff may not work with the bumps in the leaves, etc.

Remember the old saying ... if it ain't broke ... don't fix it!! :)

(and with this, I think it's time for me to hit the "hay")

I think the small green border inside the botanical is a great idea and then some fancy quilting in the center and maybe the border edges too.

Can you tell I love hand quilting !

The border is spectacular. The block brings it down. To my thinking, a vase of flowers and leaves(a la Baltimore Album, or a wreath of leaves would be a better approach, although I do like the idea of only leaf quilting too.

Wal mart has adhesive dots in the scrapbooking section. I almost bought some yesterday then thought I would never use them Guess I will buy some next time.

Since it is a botanical block how about birds. Check out some of the pictures in Birds and Bloom they are just lovely.
mumzer

Wow! That is so beautiful! Great job!!!

That looks perfect for an autumn hunting panel. Something like this center panel. Just a thought.

You can find diff ideas at Quilter's Cache.com.The blocks are shown in color & also by size.The table cover is so pretty,I see it as a wall hanging after the day.Just one idea.