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Old 11-28-2020, 05:21 PM
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I'm far from an expert but I agree with others to add a small white border on the left and bottom. Then, if it were me, I would bind it in the lime green which I think would keep the cheerfulness of the quilt. 😁

It's a beautiful quilt!

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Old 11-28-2020, 05:50 PM
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Your quilt is awesome.
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Old 11-28-2020, 06:25 PM
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I think you need a narrow white border on left and bottom. It you look: top and right a faux border has emerged as a secondary pattern. So without a similar sash it will look off balance. Then I wouldn't add anything else other than a fat scrappy binding.

My opinion- but your quilt.
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Old 11-28-2020, 06:37 PM
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We all were thinking the same thing....Here is what I did and now I am on to thinking about quilting.

So far, I am thinking runs of feathers, one side only, along the light diagonals.

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Old 11-28-2020, 07:11 PM
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I think a border or borders would make it look more finished.
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Old 11-29-2020, 09:21 AM
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I think feathers will look fabulous on those light diagonals!

Your small light border looks really good. That was a good choice.

What are you thinking for the binding? Some people have been suggesting a scrappy bind, which could be fun.
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Old 11-29-2020, 09:23 AM
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I've made a template to try to figure out the quilting and I think that I will do some ruler work to create some structure and then decide what to fill it in with.

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Old 11-30-2020, 06:53 AM
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Beautiful quilt! When a quilt is this busy and colorful, I'm a fan of keeping the borders simple. I'd probably do a narrow border of one color or pieced with several colors and a narrow black border then bind in black. Alternately, you could eliminate the black border and just use a colored border and then black binding.
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