Getting used to this yellow fabric
#31
oh man that is pretty! you have no fears about the brightness of the yellow from what i can see! it only enhances the quilt. beautiful job! i think i would use the second yellow in from teh brightest, that print one, and then the darker blue outer border. i think the contrast between the print and the solid or blender whichever it is would be great. beautiful work! brave lady; i have not yet taken this challenge!
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Depends on how large you want the finished product to be. I would make a thin white border, followed by a thin yellow border, then a medium blue border and then dark blue. Each added color would be 1/2 to one inch wider than the other. Whatever you decide, this is a lovely piece of work. froggyintexas
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I love your quilt and admire the way it is coming together. I probably would use two borders- a narrow inner yellow border and a wider, darker blue outer border-perhaps the darkest blue. It seems to me that if you use a lighter blue it would cause the darker blues in the bargello to be disconnected visually.
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It looks like the ocean shore - waves rolling onto the yellow sand, with the darker yellow representing the wet sand. So pretty. I would almost put no border on it - just bind it.
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The bargello I did had a 1" border in a plain colour that toned with the quilt then the border continued the bargello design. It looks really nice. Then I bound it in the same fabric as the 1" strip
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