Thoughts on a narrow border vs a flange
I'm wondering if one has any benefit other than personal preference? I am working on my Allietare Mystery quilt and added the gold inner border as per Bonnie's instructions. It was cut at 1 1/2 inches to finish at 1".
I didn't have enough black for the outer border, but at the fabric store found a perfect red and decided to use it instead but I want a thin black highlight between the two.
If I do a "flange" it must face inwards and the gold border will decrease to 3/4 inch showing. Also when quilting I won't be able to do an edge to edge design. I wouldn't want to be sewing over the flange.
If I do a narrow border strip, it would be pressed outwards so my gold stays 1" wide and I can quilt edge to edge right over it. Another note is that the quilt would finish 1/2" longer and 1/2" wider than it would with a flange.
Since I am a pretty new quilter, an edge to edge design seems like it would be more manageable than doing one pattern here and one pattern there.
Am I missing anything?