Cathie, had a double bed for 30 years so my quilts were geared to that size. When we finally made the move to a queen size, I ripped up a sheet into 5 strips and sewed them onto the bottom of some of my quilts. Brilliant :) Plenty of tuck under and I do it now just because by the time I'm tired of something I have enough wide but not enough long...bind that puppy and out comes a sheet strip.

Hare: Congrats on your progress. Speed isn't important but having fun on the way is, for sure.

Kalamaquilts your colors and quilt came out very beautiful perfect just perfectly put together wow you go girl

boy you ladies rock wonderful colors on your blocks love it ,I come in and check often to see something new . you don,t disappoint me I,m still playing catch up lol

I need some help. I can't decide on green border or blue, help me choose please :)
Blue or green?
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Tweety: I think I like the blue the best, I think the green would be better if it was lighter. Its funny how close we are to the same place on the quilt. Its as large as I want it so I won't be putting borders on it. The 25 left over blocks are going on the back in a medallion design.
Couldn't get the whole thing in the picture but it measures 99 X 99.

Your tops all look so pretty! I finished mine this morning. I decided not to put the tri rec border on because the quilt is already so busy and I wanted to tone it down a bit. I'm going to use my tri rec squares on the back somehow.

I must say, now that it's finished, the spots that are a little off aren't noticeable. All that stressing I did for nothing!

One thing I think I'll do differently next year is to use a few bright fabric choices, but also a few calmer, softer colors. Mine are all loud and made for a loud, albeit pretty, quilt!

Nilla: I decided to call my quilt DYNAMIC not loud. I feel the same way about my less than perfect piecing. If I had a galloping horse to ride by on, I would hardly notice.
Certainly not an expert in color choices but I did Bonnie's Orca quilt and for some reason the pattern didn't emerge. Maybe it was because I used mottled whites as opposed to the solid white or maybe the purples and greens had too big a range. Don't know but that's why I chose solid whites and pretty much the same intensity of the darker colors. The Orca is a UFO, when I finish it I am going to ask the Board to help me figure out why the pattern didn't emerge. The CS pattern sure did.

I'm loving the blue!!