Thank you so much for all the great ideas, and all the compliments!
This quilt was definitely outside my comfort zone for fabrics and colors. I won this pack of Kaffe Fassett FQs at my LQS some time ago, and since they were fabrics I would usually never buy, it was a challenge to me to use them. I decided that since the fabrics were bold, I'd go bold with the quilt also. It's pushed me, but I'm really loving the results, and I'm now far more open to bold fabric choices than I was before.
Originally Posted by
QuiltE
I bet that was very tedious to make it.
Oh, you have no idea! It languished in the UFO pile for a long time, but I am determined to finish it now.
I'm really happy with how it's turning out, but I can tell you that it was one of the worst-written patterns I've used, and if I'd fully understood the method applied, I'd have done it in a completely different manner...but once I got going it was too late to change my method and I had to soldier on. However, all's well and all that!
Votes for exactly these suggestions, depending on the finished size needed. It definitely wants a narrow black border, and if only that, the flange of multi-color with black binding. If you go larger with Tartan's suggestion, it would only need a black binding.
I'm really liking this idea. I had wanted it a wee bit bigger, but I just can't find a color border that makes me happy. I think simple black is the way to go, and I *love* the idea of a multi-colored flange on black binding. Time to do another "first" for me with this quilt!
Originally Posted by
Barb2018
I really wouldn't object if you posted what the pattern is either.....
So with the caveat that I have seen better written patterns...it's from a magazine called "Down Under Quilts", issue #146. The pattern is called "Summer Soiree". I was able to download it, but that was years ago (2011?) and I haven't been able to find it online lately.