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02-08-2011, 07:36 PM

#101

Patchwork Pam

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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.

02-08-2011, 09:23 PM

#102

madamekelly

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Originally Posted by madamekelly

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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?

02-08-2011, 09:51 PM

#103

IBQUILTIN

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I think your quilt police thought they were on duty. Make the border any size you like

02-08-2011, 11:48 PM

#104

luvTooQuilt

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Originally Posted by quiltsRfun

Rules? We don't need no stinkin' rules!

AMEN!!!

02-09-2011, 04:02 AM

#105

Olivia's Grammy

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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.

02-09-2011, 04:19 AM

#106

jpthequilter

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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

02-09-2011, 05:22 AM

#107

Lucy90

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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!

02-09-2011, 08:37 AM

#108

lclang

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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!

02-09-2011, 08:41 AM

#109

raedar63

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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

02-09-2011, 08:52 AM

#110

happymrs

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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!