Thread: Border help

I like the black, red and green and just stop there. I agree - the pieced border takes away from the beautiful star.

Here is wat I decided to do with the borders. I did listen to you all but i really like this top with the saw tooth border since I think it breaks up the black border. Not quilted yet but here are pics with the top done and it on the bed! quilt measures 92x92.

Remove the last border and it will again be perfect!

Your border example in the last picture (set aside from the pieced border) is the order that I think is best -- green, burgandy, the print. I would use the border strips in that order and eliminate the pieced border completely. Beautiful star!

Thanks for all the advice! The problem is that I want to make this quilt much bigger than the original pattern. The quilt is broken down like this- the finished center is 18" putting it together with the feather star border makes that section 33" after adding 3 border the finished size of the quilt is 55". I want to make it 90". So
I added a 4" border to the feathered star section, 2- 1" borders, 2" sawtooth border, 2- 1" border, final border in black floral print with be ? (probably 12-15" border).

below is the link to this book "Scalling Down" The pic on the cover is the center that I made but I changed the pieced border. This is a good book because it gives you 12 different centers and 12 different borders.

http://www.amazon.com/Scaling-Patter...own+quilt+book