Originally Posted by
Watson
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Is there a rule of thumb about this?
Thanks!
Watson
The rule is ..... there are no rules!
OK, there was one rule that I saw a while ago that I kind of liked .... no two borders should be the same width!
Quite honestly (and yes, this is only my opinion) ..... I believe in auditioning to figure it out.
You can have the same quilt made, but with different fabrics .... one will command a large wide border or borders. Another might yearn for quite a simplistic border. And yet another might say, leave me alone, I don't need a border!
Two things that I think too often as quilters, we forget ....
* It is quite OK to not have a border. Not every quilt commands one. In fact, I think sometimes a border destroys the look of a quilt. Just the same as the wrong border choices can.
* Borders can be more than just plain fabric added on, whether a single or multi-layered border. There are so many ways to dress the borders up and make them so much more!
Without seeing your quilt, it really is hard to give you suggestions ... although, that was not what you were asking, was it?