Is it to be a gift?
What is the age of the recipient?
Ask a few younger people whether they would like borders on modern quilts whose pictures you show them. (find some here:
https://www.google.com/search?safe=a...56.TS2LBuXHWrE
Many modern quilts do not have borders, but many long-time quilters have eyes used to seeing borders; maybe we are not the ones to ask, hmmm?
Jan in VA