Oct Flower project top finished

Yippee the October project's top is done!

I wasn't sure about the color combination but I think it is striking with the orange purple and green. Not at all my usual color selection but to me it evokes fall.

I mentioned I was having a whole bunch of trouble getting the triangles around the thistle flower together...well of course it took me until the last block to figure out that I was putting the triangle in the wrong way! LOL the template has a grain line that is supposed to keep the edge of the block square. I really thought I had the darn thing in the correct position but until the last block when I paid special attention to how I placed the triangles, you guessed it it worked just fine!
I think that might have been why Jody added that thin border LOL
I do need to do some machine applique stitching and of course quilt and bind it but it's done for now.