how wide should the border be?
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Lay out your quilt and try adjusting the border fabric to different widths. I just did that recently with a charity quilt. I always find that auditioning help me make a decision. I think that 3" finished would look OK.
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I agree with auditioning your widths sometimes the fabric pattern is such that it dictates what your width should be more so than the size of your quilt blocks. Let the quilt and the fabric tell you what it should be.
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I like mine to frame up the main body of the quilt. For that size, I would go with about 3" or so. Take a look and see what pleases your eyes. Maybe even do two smaller borders. Double borders done in colors that are somewhere else in the quilt, can be very pretty.
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As already said ... no hard and fast rules as to width.
You might even want to have more than one border.
Even on that small of a quilt it can work.
Plus of course, you can go borderless.
Knowing the block size, does not really tell us what the pattern/design is.
Sometimes that is what really helps us determine what looks right/best for a border.
Totally agree with ThimbleBug ........ starting at the size you have, I would keep my borders so that it would fit on one WOF.
You might even want to have more than one border.
Even on that small of a quilt it can work.
Plus of course, you can go borderless.
Knowing the block size, does not really tell us what the pattern/design is.
Sometimes that is what really helps us determine what looks right/best for a border.
Totally agree with ThimbleBug ........ starting at the size you have, I would keep my borders so that it would fit on one WOF.
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