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mom-6 10-11-2013 06:54 PM

Your quilt is beautiful! Love your color choices.
I'm not a particular fan of borders but think they can definitely enhance a quilt when used judiciously.
My personal preference is for a darker border as the primary one, with perhaps either a very dark or a light/bright as a narrow inner border.
For this one I would have the narrow inner border the bright gold then the widest border the purple and use the aqua for binding. (To me this more closely keeps the proportions color wise of he rest of the quilt).
Although it would also look good with the aqua as the wider border and the purple as binding.

KathyPhillips 10-11-2013 08:07 PM

That sounds good to me. Not the same width.


Originally Posted by AngeliaNR (Post 6340674)
I'd go with a narrow purple, then a wider gold. That, of course, depends on your binding color.


BETTY62 10-11-2013 08:49 PM

Your quilt is awesome. To make it larger, I would use 2 of the colors for borders and the 3rd color for the binding.

quilter2090 10-11-2013 08:52 PM

This is a very busy quilt. A small border and then a larger border would calm the quilt down a little.

jmoore 10-12-2013 03:43 AM

I guess it would depend where the quilt lies on the bed... if it needs to be a bit bigger to hang over enough then I think a border is necessary. However, your quilt top is beautiful just the way it is so... if it is already plenty long/wide enough to hang over, you may not want to add a border.

Funny I posted that comment because I always put a border on my quilts.... but I love the look of yours with or without a border!

twinkie 10-12-2013 04:07 AM

I would take my 2nd favorite color in the quilt and do a small border, then a larger border of my most favorite color. Perhaps putting a corner stone of the alternating color. Beautiful quilt.

Grace MooreLinker 10-12-2013 05:32 AM

the 3 colors yellow ,blue and purple

goldbeacher 10-12-2013 01:27 PM

I still like borders ! I like the three colors, I'd have to play with the size of each border. Beautiful!

FroggyinTexas 10-12-2013 03:21 PM

Me, too. And I like the three fabrics you have auditioned. froggyintexas

Originally Posted by nunnyJo (Post 6340631)
I always do borders, frames the quilt


shirleyd 10-12-2013 04:59 PM

I love the quilt, beautiful colors. And of course, Colorado skies (I'm from CO)! I think a yellow, or gold, border would frame it very nicely but not detract from the center of quilt.


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