Yes this! Borders are more current. I like most of my quilts with no or a minimal border.

Too many add borders just to make the quilt bigger. I would have given them the kind size as most queen size beds users prefer king size covers.

Looking at the W.Va. Quilt Project pictures I noticed that many old quilts had the top and backing both folded to the inside and whipped along the edges.

I think my Grandma B turned the outside edges in and then sewed about 1/8 to 1/4 inch from the edge. Sort of a top-stitch effect.

My Grandma B was very prolific at making "utility quilts,"

She may have been ahead of her time, though. She pieced the backs. The first Kaffe Fasset book made me think of Grandma B's quilts. (I thought some of them (Grandma B's )were extraordinarily ugly - but they did hold up and they were warm. She tied them.)

The quilts my gret-grandmother and grandmother made did not have borders. I can't think of a single quilt they did with borders. They also cut up clothing that still had 'good' spots to make the quilts. Sort of like what's being done now with Bonnie Hunter. No borders is good...it's how it used to be done. At least by my grams. (I use borders when I'm just done with a quilt and no longer want to piece.)

There are NO rules in quilting no matter what the quilt police say. So make it with or without borders as you please. It seems to be quite a trend right now to make quilts without borders so you would be right in style.

I always put borders on my quilts. Some have several to reach the size I need, others maybe just 1 2-1/2 to 3".
It is your quilt so you can make it however you want.

Funny...I have a quilt from MY Grandma B that is finished this way too! She did a variety of finishes - usually standard binding, but not always. This particular quilt is probably technically a blanket and not a quilt, as there doesn't appear to be any batting. (There might be a layer of flannel in there though, I can't tell.)

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If you want the back to be larger than the 2" on each side, split the back at 1/3 or so and then add a strip of some of the blocks you removed from the top. They could be in a long line vertically or horizontally or both. What else could you do w/the extra blocks? On the back is logical to me.