I just finished the last strip of the center of a Bargello challenge that I gave myself. The pattern is Modius by Eileen Wright. Now that I have it finished, I am looking at borders, even though the original pattern doesn't call for them.
I like it enough that I want it large enough to "display" on my guest bed. So...I am thinking of extending the borders in the same color as the background, adding a small border of one of the colors, and then adding more background fabric.
Currently the center is 38 inches by 62. I guess it was designed as a wall hanging... It would look lovely in my purple sewing room...but I have no wall space for it.
My question is would you use a lighter purple or a medium purple as the small center border, where the other two will be the dark purple background fabric. Right now I am thinking of a four inch border on each side of a one inch center border, the center being either a light purple or medium.
I will be experimenting, of course, but I know some of you can really visualize things well and might give me guidance. Me, I will have to cut 1 1/2 inch strips and play with them to decide which fabric to use.
Here is what I have so far. (The lightest purples are not as white as they look, I promise.)
Thanks for any input.
Dina