Originally Posted by Pamela Artman

I just finished a quilt doing just what you are thinking about doing. What I did was made my center (which was appliqued) with a small border to equal 2 blocks across and 3 blocks down. My blocks were 8" finished, so my center with the border was 16" x 24". Then I put a row of blocks, then a 4 inch border (because two borders = one 8" block) then another row of blocks, then another border. My last border, which is not done yet, is a 12" border that will be appliqued to match the center block. If your blocks are 6" finished, you might make your center 12" x 18" (2 blocks by 3 blocks) or 18" x 24" (3 blocks by 4 blocks) plus one block in each corner. Then your borders need to be 3 inches so your next row of blocks would increase 1 block on each side. I hope this helps! If you need more clarification, just PM me!