Originally Posted by
JustAbitCrazy
If you look at the vintage quilts (from the 1800's, especially) the pieced quilts usually did not have much in the way of borders. Often there was no border at all--the quilter just made blocks until the quilt was the desired size. It takes longer to make a quilt that way, because there's so much more piecing, but I tend to make mine that way. Just a personal preference, I guess.
I think the reason a lot of vintage quilts didn't have borders was lack of sufficient fabric to make them. Quilts were made using up what was on hand so they probably didn't have the yardage required for a border. No matter what the trend is, aren't we lucky to be able to make quilts any way that pleases us?