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Old 05-10-2016, 11:41 AM
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The blocks are about 9 inches. It is 5 across and 7 down so aprox 45x72. I was thinking about making it about 4 inches. does that seem OK? I usually don't do borders, but the beautiful sayings on it (Note to Self fabric) seemed like they should be a border to avoid cutting it off.


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Old 05-10-2016, 12:27 PM
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I think that looks good. I like borders. I might be tempted to do a smaller inner border in a light color. But I think it would look good without that too.

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Old 05-10-2016, 12:44 PM
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I would use a dark navy. 4" is fine.
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Old 05-10-2016, 01:28 PM
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I think I would like navy, too.
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Old 05-10-2016, 01:41 PM
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I do have the same fabric in a dark blue, hopefully it is enough.
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Old 05-10-2016, 01:42 PM
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I like the one you have there.
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Old 05-10-2016, 02:48 PM
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because there is so much red/brown in the body of the quilt, if you use only one border, i would use another dark color. if you want to use the fabric you have, maybe a thin border in another dark color would work well imho
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Old 05-10-2016, 03:36 PM
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I think the border is too narrow but I love the color.
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