Talkin' Turkey, King Size Version

I started Bonnie Hunter's Talkin' Turkey 2 years ago.  It got put away for months at a time.  I finally pulled it out last  month and kept sewing on it since the RSC was red in March.  This top is done at last!  To fit our king sized bed, my top is 6 x 6 blocks instead of Bonnie's 5 x 6 and has 6 borders instead of Bonnie's four. It is 107" x107".

 My first instinct was to slap  a wide red border on the outside and call it done.  But the zig zag pattern on the outside needed a narrow band of white first.  Since I already had so many hours invested in this quilt, I went ahead and did it right, adding the narrow white band before my wide red border.  I'm very happy I took the time to do the borders right!

My  border's corners are different from Bonnie's because of  I have an even number of blocks on both sides. I also didn't notice there was a error in her directions.  (I made white flying geese with red corners.  They should have been red flying geese with white corners.  Check the Quiltville errata page and make a note if your book has this mistake.)

Here's what I came up with:

I am happy with this top, but if I did it again,  I would break down and buy a few neutral fat quarters before I started the sashing.  I was down to the neutral dregs by the time I was doing the sashing, and there isn't as much variety in those pieces as I would have liked.  No one else is going to notice this but me, though!

Linking up:  http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2017/03/dot-your-is-completed-quilt.html

http://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2017/03/scraphappy-saturday-really-red.html

http://www.joscountryjunction.com/ufo-progress-20/