FMQ Leaves and Vine Borders
 

Looking for opinions: when fmq leaves and vines on a border up the left side of a quilt and then across the top, do you then continue down the right side so the leaves are going in a different direction from the right side, or do you stop and quilt up the right side so the leaves are going in the same direction? Thanks.

I use vines and leaves on most of my quilt borders, and I just keep going around...never worry about up and down, because vines are likely to be growing any direction anyway. I love my vines, but sure wish I could do nice feathers!

Never a single solution, I'm afraid. I typically like things that turn corners and march around in circles. Doesn't always work so well.

Sometimes I solve the problem by starting the design in the middle and going out from there, middle to middle or middle to corner.

If the fabric is directional, I typically design a directional border to go with it. Often that requires a mirror image as well.

I just quilted a version of feathers in a border and chose to just keep going all around the border and joining up where I started. I do like the look of continuity it brings to the quilt, especially a quilt top that isn't directional and may be turned in any direction.

Very nice quilting.