Pink Log Cabin - need suggestions for borders
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#31
I agree with everyone to not use another inner border.
I go with Tartan for a slightly smaller border as it feels a bit heavy to me too
gorgeous quilt.
I go with Tartan for a slightly smaller border as it feels a bit heavy to me too
gorgeous quilt.
#34
JenniePenny , 12-21-2014 04:41 AM
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Hi again,
the pattern is adapted from the Jinny Beyer pattern called Chelsea (free pattern download on her website). I pulled assorted fabrics from my stash. Nothing was new except the darkest green. My border print is an older Robert Kaufman fabric which I've had for about six years. The strips are very narrow.
The pattern calls for using the border print again at the intersection of the narrow (my green) logs. I opted not to do that, but it would have created another very beautiful secondary design with an illusion of more curves.
Here is a picture while I was chain-piecing the blocks, before the corner triangles were added.
the pattern is adapted from the Jinny Beyer pattern called Chelsea (free pattern download on her website). I pulled assorted fabrics from my stash. Nothing was new except the darkest green. My border print is an older Robert Kaufman fabric which I've had for about six years. The strips are very narrow.
The pattern calls for using the border print again at the intersection of the narrow (my green) logs. I opted not to do that, but it would have created another very beautiful secondary design with an illusion of more curves.
Here is a picture while I was chain-piecing the blocks, before the corner triangles were added.
#35
JenniePenny , 12-21-2014 04:44 AM
Super Member
Quote:
I go with Tartan for a slightly smaller border as it feels a bit heavy to me too
gorgeous quilt.
thank you -I agree! I will trim it narrower.Originally Posted by helou
I agree with everyone to not use another inner border.I go with Tartan for a slightly smaller border as it feels a bit heavy to me too
gorgeous quilt.
#37
Beautiful Quilt! So much more than a simple log cabin. I agree with the others and your cat. The second photo border is perfect. In our house, it's not a quilt till the cat plops down on it.
#40
Another idea. (Bright?) Make those outer triangle blocks complete squares. That would interrupt the border. I love interrupted borders. Means you would have to make a first row of border pieced, to accept the added triangles, then add another bit of straight border. Lots of added work! But your striped fabric would work wonderfully for that.
