My personal preference is to put at least two borders on all my quilts. The first is what I call my "stop" border and is a contrasting color to all the colors in the quilt. I usually make it 2" wide. The second border may be one fabric or may be pieced from all the left over fabrics that are in the quilt and is usually at least 4" wide. I like rail fences where the rails are differing widths from 1-1/2" to 3" in half inch increments, but I also cut pieces that are anywhere from 5" to 10" long for a blockier border. I may put a 3rd border on after the pieced border, which is usually the same fabric that I use for the binding.
This is the last quilt top I finished for my youngest grandson. The stop border is from a jelly roll I had leftovers and the outside border is from layer cake squares I had. Most of them are 9-10" long and 5" wide. I haven't decided on the outside border, but will probably do a bright blue border and binding.
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Last edited by mckwilter; 07-25-2013 at 07:13 AM.