Originally Posted by nance-ell
Finished sewing all my blocks together yesterday and headed for the LQS. Found a beautiful batik for the border. Several customers jumped in with opinions and this fabric won! I am building a 2nd border with blocks of the original fabric, but not sure I want to use it. There are also a couple of more additional fabrics at the LQS that I could use to make a 2nd solid border. DH likes it just as it is - finish off and bind it without a 2nd row. What do you all think?
It's only my opinion, but I think the border is way too dark.
The quilt itself is very soft, and I think a teal, or a much lighter purple would be better. You want the quilt itself to pop, and to me all you see is the border. Also, along those
same lines, I would find a fabric, and use it to bind the quilt, with no borders. That would really pull out the quilt itself.
If you do use a border, I would not put the piano keys of the
scraps with it, just make the border and bind it. Again, my opinion :).
Marcia