I made a border quilt from our Brown Bag Project a couple of years ago in Guild. A friend helped me, as I was just new to Guild. It is my favorite quilt now.
I just had a center motif of Fall Leaves--a large piece. I just used borders of the different colors in the center piece, and it turned out beautiful.
Since I was pressed for time, I tied it. Have had lots of compliments on it.
Using Borders can get more involved. I am making another border quilt now. One border is from a pattern I got from The Internet and another is one I made up. They both trned out well. I intersperced them with just block borders and straight pieces again from the center block.
It is an enjoyable way to make a quilt, and you can get as creative as you like, or keep it simple.
Good Luck!
Marta
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I can send a pic of my Border Quilt of Fall Leaves if you let me know at above address.