Originally Posted by Snooze2978

I'm not a solid person either but lately I've been using up what solids I have for my borders. There's so much going on on the body of the quilt, a solid seems to tone it down. I normally will find a blender fabric that mainly works like a solid such as Maywood's ShadowBox collection, Connecting Threads Mirage and Faux Burlap and Moda mow has come out with one called Grunge. These give a quiet texture without being too plain.