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Old 10-01-2014, 02:54 PM
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I've been slowly making a scrappy quilt for a friend. Her DH told me they have a king size bed. Made a king size quilt top, then while visiting her checked her bed, it's a queen sized. Ripped some (alot) of blocks off to make a queen sized quilt. Made my backing, sadly it's only two inches bigger than top on all sides. I like at least 4 inches bigger on all sides. You guessed it I didn't have my borders on. Is there such a thing as a borderless quilt. I'm so done with this quilt. I think it's easier to start all over
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Old 10-01-2014, 02:57 PM
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You don't need to have a border on the quilt unless the quilt police are living with you. With many quilts I make, I eliminate the borders.
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Old 10-01-2014, 03:06 PM
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Not sure why, but I don't care for borders at all. Carry on.....
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Old 10-01-2014, 03:31 PM
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I have made many quilts with no borders. You do not have to have one. Take a deep breath and put on a nice binding that will frame it up. It will be just fine.
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I agree, you don't need borders.
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Old 10-01-2014, 04:53 PM
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Thank you so much for helping me get over my snit. Never knew I could go borderless. I even rescued my extra blocks from the trash.LOL. I'm sure there's enough to almost made a charity quilt.
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RMany of the " old" quilts did not have borders.

As far as that goes, they did not have bindings, either.

(What did they do, though? )
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Old 10-01-2014, 05:20 PM
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I prefer most quilts without borders---go for it!!
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RMany of the " old" quilts did not have borders.

As far as that goes, they did not have bindings, either.

(What did they do, though? )
Pillowcase style?
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I think about 75% of my quilts don't have borders.

Your quilt..YOUR rules.
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