butterflywing

sweet, sweet quilt.

franie

How wide will the borders be? The size shown?

Rachelcb80

Oh no, they won't be as wide as what is shown. I just unfolded the fabric some to show the pattern. I don't know for sure how wide they will be yet but somewhere in the 5" range probably.

bearisgray

If all the bunnies in the body of the quilt are "up and down" - I would have the bunnies in the border going in the same direction.

I would not miter any of the corners - but would put some kind of cornerstone in the corners/

Rachelcb80

Hmmmm, cornerstones. I hadn't thought of that. Yet another idea to confuse me that much more. :)

My only issue with standing all the bunnies "up and down" in the border is that on the sides the stone wall lines will be running against the quilt, instead of running with it like the top and bottom. I don't know if I like how that looks. But I don't know if I like the bunnies standing all different directions if I face their feet in either. Easiest solution would be just not to use this fabric, but the whole reason I made this quilt was for this fabric.

All Thumbs

Well, if I may be so bold to say I would not use that dark fabric as anything on the front--border or not. It seems to take away from the softness of those baby colors. I would, however, make the entire backing with it thus not having a standing problem and it coordinates with the center fuzzy cut fabrics within the blocks. Good Luck. Be sure to post a finished product for us to see.

burnsk

Your quilt is absolutely adorable. I would sew the two borders together and miter together as suggested. I think you should run the stone walls with the quilt and have the feet facing in. JMHO

humbird

Point well taken. I have to agree with All Thumbs. The bunny fabric seems quite bold compared to the sweet colors in the rest of the quilt. Which is beautiful by the way. Lucky little person who gets to call it their own!

butterflywing

what will the backing be?

Rachelcb80

I really appreciate your honesty. The same thought had gone through my mind at first (the border fabric being too dark), but I really wanted to use it. I didn't even think about using it for the back. The quilt is for my daughter (she's 3 1/2) and I knew she would love all those bunnies on the wall. I'm going to listen to my "little voice" and your opinion and just use this fabric on the back.

So problem solved on which way to face the bunnies! :) Now I just need to figure out what I'll do for borders.....