Bee & Clover Panel with Pieced Border & Sunflowers

I am trying to use up some panels that I either bought or were donated awhile ago. This panel with bees and clover was a long narrow panel. I knew it needed side borders to make it wider, but making it too wide might look odd or take away from the panel? It's always a challenge to know what to do with panels. I wish they were more equal in width and length before adding borders. 

I first added the black inner border to define the panel. I knew I wanted to make a couple of appliqué sunflowers to add some interest and color and add some kind of border too. I came up with this border on the sides that looks a bit like zipper teeth 😄. I didn't have enough of the 3 border fabrics to make a top/bottom border, so decided to use the bee print on top/bottom. I am not wild about that, but maybe when someone quilts this, it will look better? I am donating this quilt top to Wrap the World with Quilts, so I am sure it will be used and I hope loved too. 🤗

This quilt top measures 34" wide x 59" high.

I used machine blanket stitch on the stem, leaves and petals and that stitch that looks like rickrack for stitching around the center of the sunflower.

Closeup of the bee & clover panel.

Pieced border.

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