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Old 02-14-2016, 04:38 AM
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I say narrow white, the wide grey, then black binding.
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Old 02-14-2016, 05:24 AM
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I don't like the white because it's visually too "light-weight"compared to the "heaviness" of the darker colors.

What about taking the top, finding a gray to make a narrower border, then add your black.

Beautiful quilt!
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Old 02-14-2016, 05:42 AM
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I too like the narrow white with wider black, one thing I would add to give the white added strength would be a red or gray flange either first or between the white and black. Beautiful quilt top!!!
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Old 02-14-2016, 06:29 AM
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What a pretty quilt! I have no new ideas for borders, just had to admire your work.

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Old 02-14-2016, 07:31 AM
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I agree with 117becca that the white is too stark to really go well with the rest of the quilt. I do love the colors in the quilt and would like to see you continue to use the tones you have going so if it were me I would find a grey and use that as the inner border and then the black. I think using a small binding of red would really set it off nicely and pull out that bit of pop to the outer edge also.
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Old 02-14-2016, 07:45 AM
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Do you have any more of the red (?) or grey? Maybe a thin border of a red followed by a big border of grey. Or a big border of black, with a grey for binding~~~
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Old 02-14-2016, 08:01 AM
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Red and Grey for the border. You will have to experiment with how wide and in which order for each.

Either could be a print.
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Old 02-14-2016, 08:20 AM
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I just don't like the red. Can you try some other combos and post them??
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Old 02-14-2016, 08:27 AM
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The white is too much of a contrast for my taste, unless it is a really narrow border. I would go with blacks and grays. Will be a lovely quilt!!
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Old 02-14-2016, 10:01 AM
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I would use the red swirl fabric in the quilt for a border the size you want. The quilt pattern will float and not look like a border was added just to make it bigger. I like the colors you choose for that pattern. Very nice.
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