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.