Let's try this again.
Your quilt will be 70 X 98" before borders. Add 6" borders around all four sides would make your quilt 82" X 110". You want your quilt to WIDER than 82" so you can add a 7" border on the INSIDE of your 6" border on the SIDES only to give you the extra width.
7" is a really wide border unless you want a beautiful feather or something quilted in it.
I have another suggestion:
Put no borders on the top of the quilt. This will be under your pillow or on top, either way looks nice.
Now put the borders on the sides and bottom of your quilt.
Inside border: 3"
Middle: 4"
Bottom: 6"
This makes your quilt 96" X 111".
This is the new mockup. Sorry for the mistake on the first one.
Originally Posted by Quiltsbybarb
I goofed. Please ignore this mock up and I will do another one with the right measurements!
Sorry Barb
Originally Posted by Quiltsbybarb
If you make your quilt 5 blocks X 7 blocks and make your blocks 14" squares, your quilt without borders will be 70" X 98".
Now if you add a 6" border all the way around, your quilt will be 82" by 110". You want your quilt longer than this. The easiest would be to add an additional INSIDE border of 5" to both the top and bottom. This will give you the 96" by 110" you are looking for and will still look very nice on your bed.
I attaching a mock up of your quilt. Ignore the colors and I made one mistake on it and didn't try to fix it. Hope this helps.
Barb
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