My initial plan was to border the central element with a black-grey-white border. I laid out the fabric (before cutting the 3 1/2″ strips, thank goodness) and it looked awful!

Auditioning a border

I stood back for a bit and walked around the pieced centre and decided to try a border in reds – that’s gonna work just fine!

So tomorrow I will cut out my strips from the fabrics assembled, piece them (using mitred joins) and apply the border to the quilt – also mitring the corners.