Colorado Skies - borders/no borders?
 

Good morning my QB friends. Hope you are all doing well this morning. I need help deciding whether to add borders to my Colorado Skies quilt. The pattern did not call for borders, just binding, but I would like to make the quilt a little larger without, but don't want to take anything away from the look of the quilt. Thanks for your advice.

Gorgeous!!! I think may just the yellow for the border.

Anita

i think the three colors will look fine.

I always do borders, frames the quilt

Beautiful quilt! The border choices are very pretty also. Right now I seem to be drawn to quilts that are borderless. I am making a Periwinkle/Arkansas Snowflake quilt and I auditioned lots of fabrics for the border and I just wasn't "feeling it". I needed the quilt top to be bigger so I bit the bullet and added another row of blocks. It is now a good size and I am more pleased with the overall look without the borders.

I like borders - to me they frame the art/center.

Right now, I see in the magazines that the scrappy look quilts do not have borders. I love that look - it showcases the colors in the quilt, while the borders make it too busy (IMO). I would bind the quilt with the gold. Love your colors.

Personally, I'd add the borders, especially if you need the quilt to be a little larger. I made a quilt years ago from a pattern that didn't have borders but the quilt really needed a few extra inches to fit my bed with a little more drop. I didn't add any borders and have regretted it ever since. I love the quilt but it's a little too small.

Love the quilt and love the three fabrics you have chosen !

I'd go with a narrow purple, then a wider gold. That, of course, depends on your binding color.