Your quilt your rules. I like borders to frame the quilt and give it a finished look. Just what I like.

I would audition some border fabrics that you think would work and then audition your binding and see what you like best. Your quilt, your choice.

No, depends on the quilt and what you want!!!

I will add some pictures tomorrow. i wanted to today but got lost in front of the machine making pillowcases for the extra pillows on my bed. Now tomorrow I am going to finish the last three and make a roll pillow with the fabric that is left over for under my knees. I have a bad back so sleeping with a special pillow should help a bit.

Thank you for all the opinions, I thunk the quilt is big enough without borders since it covers a twin size bed and ever so slightly drapes over the edges, I will look at it again tomorrow when I take pictures, it is hanging in the closet right now.

Rosie

I agree!!!The binding will end//frame the quilt.

All depends on the quilt and what you like. I have many quilts without borders, a few with pieced borders. Many quilts I do an inner and an outer border, the inner sort of like the matting on a picture frame.

Ok, I finally had some time to go into the closet and pull out the bargello to take pictures of it. Here it is laid out on a king size bed, the next time I decide to make one I am going to make sure that I have enough material to probably double the size, depending on the pattern. I would like to make one large enough to drape slightly past the top mattress of a king size bed and have enough to do the pillow tuck. Than I will make an accompanying dust ruffle to cover the box springs. Ok, here it is, if I decide on a border I think I am going to go with a solid ivory and than perhaps do some needleturn applique in batiks.

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Enjoy...

Rosie the Wyldwytch

Beautiful, and it sure does not "need" a border, but I like the idea of an ivory border with applique. I often do that. Not fond of plain borders. Depending on the quilt patten, I often do no borders.

Thanks Humbird, I think the only reason I want to do a border on here is to 'even' it out. To me it's a really odd size, too big to be a throw quilt yet not big enough to really be a quilt for a bed. I might be able to get away with it on the twin bed in the spare bedroom without putting borders on. I guess once I clean the spare room out I will see how it lays on the twin bed. If it looks good on there without borders than that's where it will be used since that bed doesn't have a comforter or bed cover on it.

Rosie the Wyldwytch

I prefer borders - it's like a picture frame framing the piece of art!