Yes!!! I actually had enough in my stash of the perfect fabric for the border of my X and Plus top. This is a print that I've had for a long time and I've always loved it, but I've never been able to use more than small bits of it in scrappy quilts. I inherited it from the stash of Dorris McM of Circle in the Square Quilters, who passed away in 2008.
This print was so different from everything else of its time. The leaves are flat and stamped-like, very crisp, and the colors are mostly clear midtones. Most of the prints of that era were blurry like batiks and extremely bright (think Laurel Birch). I always loved this print but it never went with anything. Now I recognize it as a precursor to the flat, crisp prints of the Modern Quilting era.
I'm so glad it works here as the border of my X and Plus top.
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