To splice or not splice a border?
I'm making a throw for a friend who is starting chemo in a couple weeks. Originally last week I purchased a yard of beautiful teal fabric and then cut border pieces. It cost more than I like to pay, but is the most gorgeous fabric I've ever laid eyes on.
For lack of a continuous length of fabric, I had to cut a total of 6 pcs --2 pcs for each long side, and just one piece each for top and bottom.
I have only joined (diagonally) the border pieces on one side so far. (Been working in short segments of time due to back pain.)
i loved that fabric so much that i returned to my LQS for the remaining 2.33 yds on the bolt. My debate, now that i COULD make a continuos 70 inch border for each long side, is whether I SHOULD. Granted, the 70 inches would not be from the WOF but the LOF. And that is not the strongest grain.
The teal fabric is the inner border. I will have an outer gold border which definitely has to be spliced.
Your thoughts? I still consider myself new at this after 10 months of only making very small quilts.