liking quilting

Remove the last border and it will again be perfect!

sweet

Your feathered star is really beautiful! Hi BigSis63!!!!

paoberle

Leave the pieced border off. I would make it part of the backing for some interesting detail.

GailG

Your border example in the last picture (set aside from the pieced border) is the order that I think is best -- green, burgandy, the print. I would use the border strips in that order and eliminate the pieced border completely. Beautiful star!

nabobw

I agree with this. The pieced border takes away from the star.

bigsister63

Thanks for all the advice! The problem is that I want to make this quilt much bigger than the original pattern. The quilt is broken down like this- the finished center is 18" putting it together with the feather star border makes that section 33" after adding 3 border the finished size of the quilt is 55". I want to make it 90". So
I added a 4" border to the feathered star section, 2- 1" borders, 2" sawtooth border, 2- 1" border, final border in black floral print with be ? (probably 12-15" border).

below is the link to this book "Scalling Down" The pic on the cover is the center that I made but I changed the pieced border. This is a good book because it gives you 12 different centers and 12 different borders.

http://www.amazon.com/Scaling-Patter...own+quilt+book

DebbieJJ

I like pic 2 best. They're both really pretty though.

sewnsewsue

Beautiful star! IMHO the pieced border distracts the eye. Sometimes, less is more. The simple borders without piecing frames your star perfectly.

msrosecooks

I like it without the pieced border.

Basketman

Count me in on the suggestion to remove the pieced border but I think a strip of white or a solid dark to replace it might make the star really stand out...then something a bit bold for the binding that pulls all the colors together?