I'm loving this now thanks to you! Need input for border please!
03-22-2011, 11:13 AM
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Karen, Unless you absolutely need a border I think I would just bind the quilt with the same red fabric you used for the set in triangles or the blue paisley. It really is amazing how different a quilt looks at each stage of completion. I am so happy you perservered. Absolutely beautiful!
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03-22-2011, 11:17 AM
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I like the blue paisley but I agree with you a nice dark blue border with the antique red binding would be wonderful. You're starting to trust your own insticts now and that's good. You quilt turned out really nice and I can't wait to see it completed.
03-22-2011, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by KR
I think you're on the right track with using a dark blue for the border. If you can't find the same as you used in the sashings, go for one that "reads" the same value. Then bind with the red as planned to tie it all together.
GREAT JOB on the piecing!!
GREAT JOB on the piecing!!
03-22-2011, 01:17 PM
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However you do it, I'd use some red and some blue! I have a tall son (6'6") so no matter how long it gets with multiple borders, I can tell you that it could still be longer and he wound't mind! (I did a 9' long one once and he loved it....just a simple one that had a great fabric, bought 6 yards, cut it in half and seamed it down the middle, and did the same for the back. Had to piece the batting to get it long enought BUT it was a well loved quilt!!!! He likes to pull some up around his face when he sleeps so he needs really long quilts..)
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