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Old 09-20-2018, 05:17 AM
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I always like a border on a quilt. To me, it seems to control everything.
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Old 09-20-2018, 05:23 AM
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I love borders. To me they finish a quilt.
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Old 09-20-2018, 06:19 AM
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I think that having it sit on this blue bedspread shows how nicely a border would frame the quilt. I would use a darker color (either a blue or a green depending on what your favorite is, I don't think there is enough brown to make a dark brown work well). Then I would bind it in the same color. I would not want to distract from the top, just frame it. I love the look of this top - scrappy, yet very 'planned' looking - nicely done!
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Old 09-20-2018, 06:51 AM
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I like borders on my quilts as it keeps all those seams from unraveling. Just look how you have your quilt on the bed, it sort of looks like it has a border from your bedspread. You might add a small sashing then the border too.
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Old 09-20-2018, 09:17 AM
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No border.
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Old 09-20-2018, 09:20 AM
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I usually include borders but not always. I think your current project is fine without one, but if you came across the right light background with bold colors on the front largish scale print in your stash I'd use it. I've found that I like borders larger than 6" wide, while I've gone smaller I'm usually not very happy unless it is a small project.
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Old 09-20-2018, 03:51 PM
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If I had this much done I would add more blocks and make it longer and wider and not lose the beauty of those blocks!
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Old 09-20-2018, 06:42 PM
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I like it without.
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Old 09-21-2018, 05:17 AM
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I vote for no boarder but would use very dark fabric binding like solid black or very very dark solid blue. Beautiful quilt and wish it were mine. Enjoy and thanks for sharing. Karen
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Old 09-21-2018, 12:51 PM
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Agreed...border.
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