Baste the layers together with a contrasting color of thread. Be creative and add additional designs of your choice. Piecework and appliqu are always enhanced by background quilting such as stippling and cross-hatching. It tends to depress the background and cause the shapes to puff up. However, the look you desire and the amount of quilting you do is totally up to you.
Join strips end to end to achieve the length needed to travel around quilt.
Trim all edges of the quilt top evenly before binding. For French binding, fold strip in half lengthwise with the right side facing out. Working with the quilt top facing up, match the raw edges of the strip with the raw edges of the quilt top. Fold fabric strip to the back and appliqu to the backing fabric.