Border help
11-07-2014, 05:01 AM
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Originally Posted by margied
I like the black, red and green and just stop there. I agree - the pieced border takes away from the beautiful star.
11-07-2014, 05:58 AM
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Your border example in the last picture (set aside from the pieced border) is the order that I think is best -- green, burgandy, the print. I would use the border strips in that order and eliminate the pieced border completely. Beautiful star!
Last edited by GailG; 11-07-2014 at 06:00 AM.
11-07-2014, 06:04 AM
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I agree with this. The pieced border takes away from the star.
Originally Posted by Tartan
Think the pieced border draws my eye away from the center star. If it was my quilt I would want the star to be the focal point.
11-07-2014, 06:16 AM
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Thanks for all the advice! The problem is that I want to make this quilt much bigger than the original pattern. The quilt is broken down like this- the finished center is 18" putting it together with the feather star border makes that section 33" after adding 3 border the finished size of the quilt is 55". I want to make it 90". So
I added a 4" border to the feathered star section, 2- 1" borders, 2" sawtooth border, 2- 1" border, final border in black floral print with be ? (probably 12-15" border).
below is the link to this book "Scalling Down" The pic on the cover is the center that I made but I changed the pieced border. This is a good book because it gives you 12 different centers and 12 different borders.
http://www.amazon.com/Scaling-Patter...own+quilt+book
I added a 4" border to the feathered star section, 2- 1" borders, 2" sawtooth border, 2- 1" border, final border in black floral print with be ? (probably 12-15" border).
below is the link to this book "Scalling Down" The pic on the cover is the center that I made but I changed the pieced border. This is a good book because it gives you 12 different centers and 12 different borders.
http://www.amazon.com/Scaling-Patter...own+quilt+book
11-08-2014, 06:24 AM
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Count me in on the suggestion to remove the pieced border but I think a strip of white or a solid dark to replace it might make the star really stand out...then something a bit bold for the binding that pulls all the colors together?
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