Help me make this quilt bigger
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Hi all
I started making this top and been stopped dead in my steps . Not sure what color to put all around it to make it larger . Was thinking black but i,m trying to stop my self from always using black. Any ideas. And thanks for your help. Tom[ATTACH=CONFIG]619517[/ATTACH] |
If you put black sashing around the sides to ‘finish off’ the edges of the blocks almost any colour would work as a border.
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I also would put on the narrow black all around and then a bright big border. Lovely top!
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Originally Posted by Moira in N.E. England
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If you put black sashing around the sides to ‘finish off’ the edges of the blocks almost any colour would work as a border.
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do you have any bright multicolored larger print fabric? That might be interesting if you can find one that pulls out the colors from some of the fabrics....
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Originally Posted by sewingpup
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do you have any bright multicolored larger print fabric? That might be interesting if you can find one that pulls out the colors from some of the fabrics....
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Originally Posted by cashs_mom
(Post 8325072)
I was thinking the same, sewingpup. A narrow black border followed by a wider bright multi colored border.
This quilt is very effective and dramatic ... love it! |
I agree with the rest that a black stop border the same width as your sashing is what it needs first.
Then, if there's a certain color you want to emphasize, do a wide (maybe 5") border in that , and finish with black binding. Personally the lilac is speaking to me. :) |
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I just finished a "brick" quilt today and enlarged the quilt by adding a piano key border on all 4 sides. I used the same size bricks and width of "mortar."
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