Originally Posted by
HillCountryGal
I too design as I go along. So far, it's just a matter of how it looks to my eye ... if it's balanced, etc. If there's a formula, I've never heard of it.
My thought exactly. I start with a cut that's in the quilt, if I had a lot of 21/2 inch cuts I look at that first. Typicaly my borders graduate in size 2-4-6 or something similar. That's just where I start I change it up a lot sometimes the fabric pattern is more of a consideration than the blocks in the top.