Check out this website: :P

http://home.howstuffworks.com/quilt-border-patterns.htm

Thanks bearpaw...this is just in the nick of time for me! I'm doing one of the round robins...so this is great!

You can make rounded corners (use a plate to get the curve); add a flange, piping, or cording between the binding and the border; use cording instead of binding (cover cable cord with bias binding); cut out the corners as for a quilt made for a four poster; make the edges hexagons or diamonds or any other shape (actually half hexagons, half diamonds, etc); overlap any edge shapes more than usual; and so on. If you go the wall quilt route, the possible edges are almost limitless.

Here's your lost thread lol :)

The main motif of the quilt should be echoed or repeated in the border. Strong lines should be repeated and lighter designs are there in overtones. Example - a ribbon and bow border would look good on a dresdan plate but ridiculous on a log cabin.

A well-proportioned border is when it is a little wider than each of the center blocks. A border that is too narrow makes the central part of the quilt overly conspicious, but a frame that is too wide will dwarf the significance of the central pattern.

There are lots of web sites that tell how to apply a border, make good corners or fancy edges. Here are a couple pictures of border ideas. I like to piece borders.

adapted from: The Standard Book of Quilt Making and Collecting by Marguerite Ickis pp 155-165

Thanks a bunch. These are great!

I hope that lots of the ones signing up for the IRR3 will take a look at this thread...I think I'll post a link to it on the sign up...some great ideas...Thanks!