Border?
 

I am going to add yellow borders to my cat quilt top which is 36 X54. My fabric is about 42 inches wide so I will need to put a seam in the length of the border. I think a straight seam lining up with the center of the top and the blocks would look best. It is yellow so the seam will show up but I think if I SITD the blocks and out into the border it will hide it somewhat. Now my question...will it look best to have the side borders go all the way to the top as in A or bring the top borders over the side borders as in B?[ATTACH=CONFIG]580142[/ATTACH]

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B looks best.

Cute cats! If you are going to SITD through the borders, i don't think you will notice a difference between the two layouts.

B.....more dimensionally even..

I like B best.

For the border arrangement, "B" for me, that's the way I do my borders. Love the gorgeous cats!

I would go with B.

I prefer B.

I prefer B. Absolutely adorable cats. Love your color sense.

Maybe consider joining the border pieces diagonally the same way you join binding pieces? Less noticeable.

B. Cute quilt

i usually do B

Love your kitty quilt, it's adorable!! I vote b as well!!!

I have a tendency to go toward B unless that requires B to have a seam. Then I go for A which has a seam anyway. For some reason I like a top and a bottom.

I also like B. Have you thought about making the seams on the diagonal like for binding? Cute quilt!

B for me.

Watson

I like B best.

Another B here. Love those cats.

I always put borders on the two longer sides first, then on the two shorter sides, though I really don't think it matters at all since once the quilt is quilted the seams seem to disappear.

I like B for the same reason

I agree with this so I don't think it will really matter in the end, but I would still go with B, if for no other reason than it shortens the longest pieces a bit and to me that's a little easier to manage. :)

Interesting. I typically do mine like A but looking at the two drawings my eye prefers B. Guess I will be rethinking how I do this!

B is better balanced.

B is the way I usually do the borders on all of my quilts in order to use less of length of fabric. However, most people fold quilts in half, which will add stress and wear to that center seam when folding. It might be a good idea to use a diagonal seam, or cut one of the two strips in half and add it to the ends of the longer piece in order to disperse the weight and friction.

I would prefer B, this how I do mine.

Very pretty quilt top.

I always do B ....looks nicer

I think B, that's the way I like to do most of my borders, there are less seams showing and if you need to have a seam in the bottom and top strips, they won't looked so pieced. Just my opinion.

Same here...can't wait to see your cat quilt with the borders.

I think it's supposed to be this way, because the black cat is the "odd cat out," but thought I'd check that the black cat is supposed to be facing the opposite way from the other cats.

I thought I'd post this just in case that was not your intention. There was a thread not too long ago where some people complained that they'd posted tops with errors and no one told them while it was in a stage where it could be fixed.

With fear and trembling that the quilt police will find and arrest me... I confess that when this happens to my quilt I cut the border lengthwise of grain to avoid a seam. Of course this is dependant on having a long enough lengthwise piece left over to cut.

If I'm not mitering the corners, I always put the longest borders on first regardless of any seams in it. I then quilt something to hide the seam like a piano-key where I would stitch in the ditch on that seam.

Yes Mitty, the black cat I purposely cuddled up to his girlfriend. When I quilt the faces, I want to do one eye winking as well.:)

Please do not think I am a 'spoilsport' but I would miter (diagonal join) the corners on this quilt. I don't think I have ever done the 'A' thing because it seems to interrupt the length-width visual look and give a squat look. But, I think your beautiful cats deserve a border that is a frame look

B would be my vote.

I like B the best.

I think B is typically considered more the standard, and I usually do it that way. However, sometimes the size of the border fabric I have on hand makes A the more desired.

I love your cat quilt!

Dina

Will you have enough fabric to do B without piecing the top/bottom border? 36" + 4 + 4 = 44" If you are going to straight line quilt it, it really shouldn't make any difference. The seam will look like another line of stitching.
I would put a small (1") dark border on first to contain the colors in the quilt. With the yellow background and a yellow border, they will appear to bleed together, unless you want the cats to look like they are floating in the yellow. I would also quilt the corners with a diagonally.

I always do B.

I agree with Faintly Artistic about the diagonal piecing of the borders to make them stronger and less noticeable . I never piece straight across.