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    Old 04-02-2008, 01:38 PM
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    I'm about 3/4 done quilting this one, and I'm wondering how to quilt the borders. At first I was going to put kind of a wave pattern on the borders, but then as I was looking at the fabric borders, it occurred to me that I could just quilt around the circles in the print, and it could potentially look awesome. Any opinions?
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    Old 04-02-2008, 07:16 PM
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    If you machine quilted in the ditch of your quilt top, maybe you could mirror that pattern in the border? I would probably stick with the geometric rather than circular, JMHO
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    Old 04-02-2008, 08:21 PM
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    That is a very pretty quilt. Honestly, your quilting won't show up much on that busy border fabric, so I wouldn't bother doing a fancy pattern unless you reallllly want to.

    Ask me how I know....
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    I am currently working on an elaborate border pattern - swags and bows - that is absolutely invisible on the fabric. I didn't realize it until I had quite a bit done, so I decided to finish it.
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    Old 04-03-2008, 11:26 AM
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    Great advice--thank you both!
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