borders on purple/red/white Log Cabin
 

I finished the center of a Log Cabin (purple, red,white) and I think I have decided on my borders. My question is....how wide would you make the outer border? At the moment, it is 4 inches on my design wall (as I have several extra 2 1/2 strips and have sort of stuck them together to look at), but I am thinking that 6 inches would look better.

This is not the design I started off to make, but when I got my 16 blocks done, they just didn't look like I thought they would, so I kept rearranging until I got this one that I like. It is called Barn Raising. In hindsight, I think there is too much white in this, but I still like it.

So, how wide would you make the outer border, if this was your quilt? The red will finish at 2 inches.

Thanks for any opinions, and thanks also for those who helped me decide what color to make the center of each block. :)

Dina

Hope this link about using the Golden Ratio to determine border widths will help you, it has helped me.
https://comestitchwithme.com/2014/09...h-for-a-quilt/

Love it as is...........red = 2 inch and blue=4 inch.

I do like the idea of bigger purple/blue border.

Yeah, the picture does make it look sort of blue, but visualize royal purple. :)

Dina

I love it and I don't think there's too much white. It makes it so clean and crisp. I like the borders as is.

Very pretty! I like the borders as you have them pictured.

Very pretty quilt.

I like what you have The red same as your center squares and purple same as two purple sides together in your layout

A fabulous quilt and I really like your choice for the borders.
peace