quilting styles

I quilted the maroon border with circles - (Well loops anyway)
and was pleased with the results - it makes the quilt a bit more 'bendy' - a totally different texture to when I meander

 

I am definitely branching out because I also quilted with meandering -- 2 styles on the same quilt - what's going on?...

 

I even used 2 slightly differnt colours of thread to quilt , a purpley red and a browny red

 

and throughout the quilt I have hidden quilted hearts - near the middle on this photo ...if you look really closely..

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...now just the binding to choose..mm?