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

The narrow 2" and wider purple 4" look fine.

Agree. Beautiful LC.

Sorry...double post.

I like the red probably at a width of 1.5" but the purple probably should be a little wider. Usually my borders for that size is about 3.5" to 4" finished. I would do the binding in the same purple fabric. Looks great! :)

I think this block arrangement is great. I would try the purple border at 1-2 in. wider.

I like the red and blue...keep going!

Pretty quilt, I like the borders you have as they are.

The red probably at a width of 1.5" but the purple probably should be a little wider. Love the looks and there isn't too much white in my opinion. Just put the purple border on your design wall a little over the red and see if you like the skinnier look. Show us your final quilt.

What you have will surely look nice. I would try the red, a very small line of he very dark, then a very wide purple. Audition that and see how you like it.

I'd go with 3" and 5". Those seem to always work for me.

For another suggestion and if you have more purple fabric, might you think on the lines of using a smaller red strip with purple on both sides similar to a pinstripe? For myself I like wide outer borders so I can play with quilting patterns but that's just me. You did a great job of the quilt.

Very pretty quilt. I love purple and red together.

I like your quilt the way it is, it's beautiful.

Thanks for the kind words and the suggestions. I have both borders cut, and I am still deciding on exactly which sizes to use. I can always cut them down, but they are cut at 2 1/2 inches and 6 inches. I am making myself clean house tomorrow before I do any quilting. That should give me time to think. :)

Dina

It's a gorgeous quilt! I love log cabins and how many different ways there are to configure the blocks! I usually don't do borders, but when I need to, I tend to do a narrow inner and the outer about 2.5-3x wider that than. Take pictures with your digital camera and see if that helps you get a better feel for size. If it were my quilt, I'd probably end up doing a 2" finished inner and 5" finished outer border.

I think a dark purple like the third border color I see on the left ( in the picture) would look great. Perhaps wider than is showing. Beautiful top.

How would someone use Fibonacci numbers to make a border? I don't understand.

I would like to see answer to this also.

I would like to see the answer to this also.

Very pretty quilt.