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Just finished piecing this top for my bed - a double Irish chain and now I need some ideas for borders. Still need to add approximately 10" to each side to get to the size I'm looking for (110" x 110"). Your input and suggestions are much appreciated.
Maybe white then a bit of the floral then white and bind in the green. Gorgeous so far....so whatever you choose will be beautiful.
I would probably do a border of the green, then the floral fabric, then white, then floral and then the green using the green as the binding too.
Here's a link to the Irish chain album here, maybe one of the borders might appeal to you? http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...bums16944.html
I always lay my quilt out on the bed.....the edges on the bed. Then lay down the borders in a way you may want. Kinda like doing a test run without sewing. Sometimes I experiment with a 1" border, then a 4". Then i decide that looks wrong and I try 2" and 3"...... Whatever way you do it, I'd say at least 2 borders. I'd start with white then the floral. The white will "set the border apart" from the rest.....kinda frame the main quilt. Then after the floral, bind with the green.
Dee
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Thank you all... great ideas and now to view the gallery.
Very pretty quilt, and really like the bed you have it on.
how about floral, small amount of white then the green as a framer. beautiful however.
How about a narrow white stop border and then 4 or 9 patches like those in the top and then another narrow white border.
I really like the Harlequin border that is shown on several of the quilts in the gallery. You might check out the quilterscache border site (which includes instructions): http://www.quilterscache.com/B/Borders.html
Your quilt is very pretty, and I hope you will share pictures when it is finished.
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