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    Old 02-20-2017, 07:19 AM
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    In my opinion, the house fabric is much too busy. I also think a blender. Your quilt top is beautiful. An awesome RxR
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    Old 02-20-2017, 08:21 AM
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    Now that I am looking at photo, I too think it is way to busy so guess I will rethink this and have to go buy some more fabric to finish. I was just trying to get by with what fabric I had since already spent too much on row by rows. Won't ever do another, just way too expensive for me. So, since I have already invested so much, I want to get it right. Thanks for suggestions. Now to figure out which color to go with.
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    Old 02-20-2017, 08:30 AM
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    If I am seeing it right, the original left and right sides are not the same ?? One looks like houses and the other looks like license plates. If this is the case, you can add the houses fabric to only one side but do not add the pink border. Then it just looks like a continuation of the rows. The pink draws attention to the addition.
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    Old 02-20-2017, 07:30 PM
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    If you have enough scraps from your rows, you could cut them into piano keys or squares and add borders of same to just the two sides to make it wider. Because your quilt is busy, I would use a tone on tone or blender fabric to encase the squares or piano keys. That would give you 3 rows to your border on each side so you should be able to add all the width you want working with that.
    For example, if you cut 4.5" squares or piano keys, and 2.5'' borders for them, you would be adding 8" to each side for a total of 16".
    If you don't have enough scraps, you could pick 2 blender or other fabrics that would go with your RxR and make the triple border for it with 9P cornerstones to add interest but not so much busyness as to compete with your main quilt.
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    Old 02-21-2017, 05:12 AM
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    Originally Posted by wildyard
    If you have enough scraps from your rows, you could cut them into piano keys or squares and add borders of same to just the two sides to make it wider. Because your quilt is busy, I would use a tone on tone or blender fabric to encase the squares or piano keys. That would give you 3 rows to your border on each side so you should be able to add all the width you want working with that.
    For example, if you cut 4.5" squares or piano keys, and 2.5'' borders for them, you would be adding 8" to each side for a total of 16".
    If you don't have enough scraps, you could pick 2 blender or other fabrics that would go with your RxR and make the triple border for it with 9P cornerstones to add interest but not so much busyness as to compete with your main quilt.
    This was my thought. Piano keys or squares.
    What about turning the quilt the other way and putting the piano keys/squares on the sides to make it wide enough. I just think Rows should be up-side-up on the bed. Adding borders with this to make it wide enough would do the trick.
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    Old 02-21-2017, 05:12 AM
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    I agree with Karamarie -- houses are too busy with your rows.
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    Old 02-21-2017, 05:18 AM
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    My first question is why the quilt is laid on the bed the way it is. To me it is sideways. Shouldn't "Dallas" be at the foot of the bed? Would it then be wide enough and long enough as a bed topper - it may not have much overhang.

    Another option is use it as a wall hanging or a throw quilt. Unless you just have your heart set on it being on the bed with an overhang, I would just use it as is. I have a lot of quilts that are I use as throw quilts or bed toppers.
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    Old 02-21-2017, 06:08 AM
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    Originally Posted by sash
    Now that I am looking at photo, I too think it is way to busy so guess I will rethink this and have to go buy some more fabric to finish. I was just trying to get by with what fabric I had since already spent too much on row by rows. Won't ever do another, just way too expensive for me. So, since I have already invested so much, I want to get it right. Thanks for suggestions. Now to figure out which color to go with.
    I can understand not wanting to invest more into this but, since I've already suggested a blender, think on another purchase as being an investment into a future quilt. Perhaps use a narrow red and then a bit darker blue than is already in the quilt. But at least something that can be utilized in another creation. Blenders can be so versatile.
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    Old 02-21-2017, 02:43 PM
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    Obviously a Texas quit and my eye is drawn to the blue/white map. So, what if you added a solid blue strip to each side and appliqued a couple of things Texas on them - state flag, map etc. It looks like that would be over the sides of the bed,
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    Old 02-21-2017, 03:52 PM
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    I happen to like asymmetry, but have to agree that the houses just don't work for your beautiful RbyR. I would make a log cabin block to create an inner border, using solids or reads-as-solids of just 2 of the colors in the quilt (one light and one dark) but make it scrappy within the two colors. Then use the license plates and vertical row as outside borders. You can tailor the log cabin blocks to whatever size you need to make the quilt the size you want.
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