This counts as my learn something new #5!  (Since I am not posting these right away, and sometimes there will be more than one a week, I am just going to number them.  But I will still try for every week)

This was my first time sewing on the border by machine.  My good friend L showed me how.  That is her lovely hand in the picture :)  I had to cut 2.25" strips, sew them diagonaly, which was harder than it sounds, then fold in half and iron.  Then I sewed the whole thing to the front edge of the quilt, but to all 3 layers.  

Here, she is showing me how to sew the ends together once it was all sewn to the quilt.  This was tricky! But we did it!

I didn't get any pics of me hand sewing the border to the back.  Here is the finished border, folded over to see both sides of the quilt:

I finished the border in just a few days. I was able to finish in time to put it on my sleeping Zebra on the eve of his 11th bday.  My daughter calls me the Quilt Fairy :)