New top, way different fabrics

So I was visiting a quilt shop over Christmas vacation and they had a lovely, attractive display of an vaguely Egyptian - themed fabric line, Treasures of Alexandria.  It's heavily embellished with gold, and quite different from my usual reproduction fabric style.  But three charm square packages and a length of yardage hopped into my arms.

I bought two yards for borders and binding.

As described in my last post, I couldn't wait to start this.  I picked a simple pattern and black fabric, to set off the charm squares.  The same black for an inner border and the fabric above for an outer border.

Laid out on the floor - no one available to hold the top up for me.  Below, a closeup of the border and corner:

Lovely!  And went together quickly.  I have purchased a wide fabric of blue with swirls for the backing.  I will have this quilted by a local long arm quilter I have used before.

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