Colorado Skies - borders/no borders?
10-10-2013, 02:44 AM
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Colorado Skies - borders/no borders?
Good morning my QB friends. Hope you are all doing well this morning. I need help deciding whether to add borders to my Colorado Skies quilt. The pattern did not call for borders, just binding, but I would like to make the quilt a little larger without, but don't want to take anything away from the look of the quilt. Thanks for your advice.
10-10-2013, 03:52 AM
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Beautiful quilt! The border choices are very pretty also. Right now I seem to be drawn to quilts that are borderless. I am making a Periwinkle/Arkansas Snowflake quilt and I auditioned lots of fabrics for the border and I just wasn't "feeling it". I needed the quilt top to be bigger so I bit the bullet and added another row of blocks. It is now a good size and I am more pleased with the overall look without the borders.
10-10-2013, 03:56 AM
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Right now, I see in the magazines that the scrappy look quilts do not have borders. I love that look - it showcases the colors in the quilt, while the borders make it too busy (IMO). I would bind the quilt with the gold. Love your colors.
10-10-2013, 04:00 AM
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Personally, I'd add the borders, especially if you need the quilt to be a little larger. I made a quilt years ago from a pattern that didn't have borders but the quilt really needed a few extra inches to fit my bed with a little more drop. I didn't add any borders and have regretted it ever since. I love the quilt but it's a little too small.
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