Originally Posted by Prism99
If you have time, once the background is pieced and appliqued, you could cut off the edges and insert a black border before adding the cut-off pieces back. This would create an interior border to frame the guitar.
It took me a few readings to "get" how to do this - but by jove, I think I got it. Basically, using freezer paper to make a life-sized pattern for a quilt that is essentially one huge block! Love it.
I'm still struggling with this border thing, though. Framing the guitar is a great idea. Won't the part we cut off be too small to fit back on once there is a border inserted? Am I picturing too wide a border? I see either a very narrow (1/4") border and the outer section hiding shortcomings in the binding, or a wider border with black squared on the outer corners.