Help with border choice.please
 

I made this lap quilt and purchased fabric from Hancocks on line for the backing that I also planned to use for a 3 inch border. I thought the colors would match the dominant colors in the quilt...but the red colors look somewhat faded. the fabric came from the French General line same line as the quilt top. ..but different fabric name.
I can still use the fabric for the back: however don't know if I should eliminate the border print or leave the quilt as a UFO and continue to search for one of the fabrics in the quilt . What do you think?

If you are asking about the printed red/tan fabric with the flowers/leaves that is lying there, it looks good to me
But maybe if I saw it 'in person' it would look different. What I see looks okay, and I would use it.

I don't necessarily like all my fabrics to "match" in a quilt -- I think it adds interest to have different shades, etc. I like this with the narrow white border between the flowered print and the blocks

I like the fabric for a border but then I also love that green I see in the photo!!!

Is it something you can live with or does the difference really bother you? Your quilt is beautiful, if it really bothered me, I would not use it.

The lighter sashing border really makes the other show up as a lighter, faded red. Perhaps if you used one of the sage greens as the sashing border, with the red piece you have on there now, you might like that better.

Your quilt is beautiful. I don't think I can help with the border. It does look lighter in the picture, but maybe it would look okay anyway. I can't visualize well, and, if it were me, I would have to cut border size pieces for all four sides and look at it before I could decide.

But I love your quilt!!

Dina

I really like it just the way you have it. Coordinating is usually more interesting than matching IMHO. If you like it then go for it!

I would add a light border then the flowered on. To me it would bring out the quilt. I love you quilt though either way.

The green is the quilted bed cover. Lol

Thank- you for the compliments. These were the rows of quilt blocks I attempted to use the QAYG method from an earlier post but as you all can see....the attempt was unsuccessful so I will sandwich the quilt to the batting and back the old fashion way....

I like the red printed fabric

I really like the fabric for the border.

Fabric looks fine but I would like the darker red in your quilt.

i think you're right. The more I look at the border print , the more it distracts from the richer colors of the blocks.
I auditioned a darker red, can't use it for this quilt, and it does make the blocks pop. So I will put it aside and bring a swatch of the darker red print with me when I go to the Road to California quilt show coming up in Ontario, California in 2 weeks. Thanks

*** I think it works well. ***

You could use it if you can't find anything else, but a darker red would be better ...my motto always is "when in doubt, go dark.
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I think the border fabric actually is the same red but it appears different because it has the tanned print in it rather than the grayed-looking one in it. I goggled the line - with which I am familiar but do not have any - and saw that the line used a few different 'complements' within it.
Personally I like the quilt as you have it. :)

Jan in VA

I always prefer darker fabrics that frame the quilt. I look at picking out a border like you would a mat for a picture. You really want your piecing to be the showcase not a busy border print. But that is just my opinion. I would try to audtion a piece of a darker red you had in your quilt. By the way, you did a very nice job on the quilt. Looks really nice.

I also like it just the way you have it. Beautiful quilt.

Love, love, love your blocks. Personally I'd "hold out" for the darker red fabric. JMHO...


Anita