lfw045

I would suggest a 2" border then a 4" border with solids and then bind it and call it a day........beautiful BTW!

Maride

I see the direction of the quilt and understand your feelings about it. I agree with the suggestion of unsewing. I would take three rows off one side and add them to the bottom. You will need to completely take them apart down to the blocks to be able to change the direction of the birds. After you are happy with that, you can then add as many borders as you want. I would even add another fabric with hummingbirds all the way around. This fabric can be of the same family of colors. There are tons of hummingbirds out there. Another thought and this is just me, I would add a small black border around it, add more rows with the different hummingbirds, and add another row of black this time a little wider, and so on, until my last row was black. I find that adding back is elegant (since the background of the hummingbirds is black) and makes it look like you planned it that way.

When a customer ask me for a lap quilt I always ask how many laps.
The general rule I tend to see is that single people ask for a lap quilt for one lap, therefore longer than wide, Newly weds and young couples ask for a large lap quilt to cover both laps, therefore square. Older couples ask for two lap quits, but looking exactly the same, therefore they are still toghether and connected, but each under their own space.

Maria

eparys

Love the quilt!!

Look at this -

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-yd-Humming-Bir...3286.m20.l1116

Is this your fabric??

Esqmommy

I concur with the suggestions that call for undoing your rows and adding in additional work, particularly as Maride suggested. You have really pretty blocks and you should add to it, rather than just finishing off something you are not totally happy with.

sewjoyce

Your quilt top is just gorgeous! But if you want to make it a bit bigger, I would suggest using the solids as a border.

sewnsewer2

I would just add the borders. This is so pretty!

bearisgray

That's cute about "how many laps"

Another thought - maybe find a floral print that is compatible - and use that - or if you take it apart (some) start alternating the birds with the flowers and then on the last row, just use flowers.

So that if B stood for Birds and F stands for flowers, the end result might be sort of like this

F F F F F F
F B F B F
F B B B B F
F B B B F
F B B B B F
F B F B F
F F F F F F

(Hope the grid stays when I submit this)

You could do some figuring on graph paper to make it come out right

May as well be as happy as you can be with it while it's still (comparatively) easy to change.

The direction of the hummingbirds really is very subtle and I wouldn't have noticed until you mentioned it, but YOU know which way they are flying.

(The grid didn't stay the way I submitted it at first, but maybe you get the idea, anyway)

BellaBoo

IMHO, I would add a very narrow border of the dark color of the hummingbird fabric background. The dark narrow border will frame the quilt and give it a stopping place. Then a narrow border of the bightest pink fabric color then a wider border of the brightest purple fabric color. or vice versa. The pale colors of the solids of the rail fence block will get lost in a border. I would end with the dark fabric color as the binding. It's a very striking quilt!

2 Doods

If it were me....I would keep the fence rail squares the same and sub in a coordinating print for the bird squares. And try 2+ rounds like that so that it looks "on purpose". Then possibly end with a border of the coordinating print. Depends on how much it needs to grow. JMHO. It will be wonderful whatever you do. Love Humming birds!

gangles

I think it is great the way and size it is.
Very pretty.