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    Old 02-08-2011, 07:36 PM
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    Gee. Boy have I been wrong all these years !!!!!!!!! I guess I will just have to get over it.lol I am not going to redo those quilts.!!!!!!!!!!!! If you make something, you do it your way.
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    Old 02-08-2011, 09:23 PM
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    Originally Posted by madamekelly
    Originally Posted by OneMoreQuilt
    I didn't know there was a rule!!! I guess my quilts are all wrong!
    I can live with being 'wrong' too! :thumbup:
    My quilt with a 6", 4", and a 9" border would be really offensive wouldn't it? Are quilt police hand cuffs quilted?
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    Old 02-08-2011, 09:51 PM
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    I think your quilt police thought they were on duty. Make the border any size you like
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    Old 02-08-2011, 11:48 PM
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    Originally Posted by quiltsRfun
    Rules? We don't need no stinkin' rules!
    AMEN!!!
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    Old 02-09-2011, 04:02 AM
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    As I was glancing through my quilting mags, I saw a beautiful quilt with 10 1/2" blocks. She use two narrow borders and then, gasp, a 13" border. I guess she didn't get the message before she was published.
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    Old 02-09-2011, 04:19 AM
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    Originally Posted by ajohn52
    To border or not to border. That is the question. Whether tis nobler to have a wide or a narrow.... It depends on what YOU want and if you need extra width to fit the particular bed. Thats what guides me. There are no border police.
    One of my friends had a center panel she liked. Eventually she sewed 10 borders around it, and it ended up a quilt on her bed!
    Now that is border creativity! J
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    Old 02-09-2011, 05:22 AM
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    I do what I want with borders, the size and how many. I always change things to what I like and if I want it bigger or think it would look better with a larger border or an extra border. It all depends on the quilter!
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    Old 02-09-2011, 08:37 AM
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    I just read on another post that the borders should be a width which could be divided into the size of the block, ie., if your block is six inches your border should be 2, or four inches...says who?? I make them whatever I like. Let the border police come, I won't answer the door!
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    Old 02-09-2011, 08:41 AM
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    My borders are sometimes 4-6 inches of the same color you know the wavy look? lol That would really make them cringe lol
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    Old 02-09-2011, 08:52 AM
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    I don't see the point in that, unless it's your choice for any quilt. I hate wide borders in all one fabric, I prefer narrower ones, even if I add more than one, I want to accent the quilt & make it pop..... Do your own thing, it's your quilting & you are your own boss, who cares what the so called quilt police know-it-alls think anyway, right!
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