no borders
09-02-2013, 08:46 AM
#31
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WOW I love that one, I did a quilt pattern called diamond jubilee and I paperpieced most of it and to me borders are a matter of what you feel is right for the pattern you are doing, if it feels right add borders, if not leave it be... some patterns are not intended for borders and look great without them... something different, like thinking outside the box
09-02-2013, 01:50 PM
#34
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If you look at the vintage quilts (from the 1800's, especially) the pieced quilts usually did not have much in the way of borders. Often there was no border at all--the quilter just made blocks until the quilt was the desired size. It takes longer to make a quilt that way, because there's so much more piecing, but I tend to make mine that way. Just a personal preference, I guess.
09-02-2013, 08:57 PM
#38
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btw one of my current favorite quilt books is this one: skip the borders
09-03-2013, 01:29 AM
#39
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I dont always add a boarder, I let the pattern decide that. I have some older quilts I made and looking at them now I wish I had only used a single boarder and not the 3 that the pattern had called for. It was and EB pattern and she almost always had 3 on her quilts....
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