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new york beauty, border or not?

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Old 05-05-2012, 06:32 PM
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Unless the quilt top is already the perfect size for you, then I would add borders. It is a gorgeous top already.
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Old 05-05-2012, 07:24 PM
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Your New York Beauty is a beuaty! I really like that border that has the wavy line of pointy triangles around the edge for that pattern (like teeth). It looks like a lot of work but it would look amazing. Someone posted a quilt with that border on QB.
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Old 05-05-2012, 09:23 PM
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I think you need a border to frame your lovely work!!
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Old 05-05-2012, 10:11 PM
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I am in agreement with Dina.
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Old 05-06-2012, 02:23 AM
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It's a lovely quilt, and it definitely needs borders. Not just one, several. A quilt like that needs a fairly complex border. Start messing around with strips of various widths, and consider what sort of piecing would look good there. You can always put "New York Beauty quilt" into Google Image and look at what other people have done to get ideas.
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Old 05-06-2012, 02:30 AM
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so beautiful as it is but I agree with joyce
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I think I would put a border the same fabric and size as the sashing, then see what would work for the outer border
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Old 05-06-2012, 03:29 AM
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i wouild add a border. it's wonderful so far
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Old 05-06-2012, 03:59 AM
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Another one that likes at least an inner border w/ the same fabric as the sashing. Then see where to go from there.
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Old 05-06-2012, 04:12 AM
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It's beautiful! To finish it off I would add more than one border - first a plain dark one the same as the sashing, then a sawtooth border, then another plain one.
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Old 05-06-2012, 04:29 AM
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needs a border as a frame, otherwise, very pretty
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