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Old 06-01-2010, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by ghostrider
A stop border is just a narrow inner border that is placed between the body of the quilt and a wider outer border.
Ahhh, we all learned something new! Is there another name for it as well?
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Old 06-01-2010, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by ckcowl
when working on a recent round robin, i had to put a 'stop-border' on the medalian before i could add my border...it was necessary because the border before mine was busy and needed to be 'stopped' before my additions could be added
Oh, I can see how that would break up the busyness. Frame the picture with a small border before the final Frame .
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Learned something new today. Thanks for sharing
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Old 06-01-2010, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ckcowl
when working on a recent round robin, i had to put a 'stop-border' on the medalian before i could add my border...it was necessary because the border before mine was busy and needed to be 'stopped' before my additions could be added
awesome explaination! Thanks!

stop border done in brown..
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Good to know! I didn't know this either.
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Learned something new for the second time today!
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Old 06-02-2010, 02:10 AM
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I have just put one on my latest quilt and had no idea that it actually had a name!! Always love to learn a new term in quilting.

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Consider it as "stop the eye" as a design element
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Ha ! I've been using these for many quilts and didn't know it had a special name!
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Dear Debbie: Nothing to do with quilting. I absolutely love your avatar. :-D
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