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Old 03-13-2011, 02:37 AM
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milp04
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Originally Posted by sahm4605
I love the quilt. it is fab so far. I too would use at least two boarders. If it were me. I would lay out a couple of fabrics and play with widths and number of boarders till you have one that just screams to you. I like three boarders for some reason. Most of mine end up having three. a very thin 1-2 then a 2 1/2-3 1/2 then a 4 or larger. its like matting and framing a work of art.

What a beautiful quilt you have presented to us. IMHO the quilt would look better with outside borders.

Visualize your quilt as a picture on the wall. See the picture, the matting and then the frame. Sometimes pictures have double mats to help set off the picture. You could even add in a a small piping between border one and border two. I like to have a darker color as the final outside border, and use that fabric for the binding as well. The other alternative to this would be a binding made with all of the different fabrics used in the quilt.

Good luck with your quilt project. Please keep us updated with pictures.

Pam M
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