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A navy blue would really make your colors pop
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I'd bring the quilt to your fabric store so you can see what they look like next to it and pick your favorite.
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I love the fabric !!! I would choose a dark blue as well.
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Originally Posted by Pam H
This is a quilt I am making for my niece's baby due in May. It only turned out to be 31x40 so I need to add some kind of border to make it a little bigger. What for a border? I wonder what my chances are of finding something to go with it. I bought the fabric 1200 miles away so forget going back to that shop to find a companion print. I don't think she had one anyway. What would you recommend?
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I vote for a strip also, either an actual striped fabric or one you do yourself (piano keys idea). I think that would set this quilt off perfectly!!!
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if you have left over fabric maybe a pieced border out of the leftovers, might have to buy something to fill in with what you have.
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What are you using for the backing ?? Your could use that to add a border on the front if the colors work for you.
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Take a scrap from the green and beige, place it along side the quilt top and squint your eyes. Looking at the top posted, I would try to match the green. The pink maybe difficult to match, but the green is a popular color. I don't see enough of a dark blue to make a border of it. I love this quilt, the picture panels are darling.
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You could add a very pretty bright yellow and it would make it pop!! beautiful.
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The quilt pattern in the bottom right square brings up the thought of small squares being used, with dark blue outside border....IMHO
Originally Posted by Pam H
This is a quilt I am making for my niece's baby due in May. It only turned out to be 31x40 so I need to add some kind of border to make it a little bigger. What for a border? I wonder what my chances are of finding something to go with it. I bought the fabric 1200 miles away so forget going back to that shop to find a companion print. I don't think she had one anyway. What would you recommend?
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How about a color in the quilt with polka dots.
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I'd go for a multi print in primary colors. Dots, balloons, circles or some small print. It would make it fun and wouldn't look like you " over-bordered" it to make it bigger. IMHO :-)
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This may not be your style, but what about pink and white polka dots? Either pink dots and white background, or white dots on a pink background. I'm assuming the quilt is for a baby girl?
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The size seems about right for a crib quilt -- not too big to get dragged around or to put the baby on at Nana's house.
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Originally Posted by Pam H
This is a quilt I am making for my niece's baby due in May. It only turned out to be 31x40 so I need to add some kind of border to make it a little bigger. What for a border? I wonder what my chances are of finding something to go with it. I bought the fabric 1200 miles away so forget going back to that shop to find a companion print. I don't think she had one anyway. What would you recommend?
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Originally Posted by quiltmaker
That is a darling quilt....and I personally think it is plenty big for a newborn. Do you have any of the fabric left to do another small border if you want to or just enough for your binding? If you want to add more I would pull a color as best as I could match that you think the new mother would like best.
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Originally Posted by Pam H
Do you think it should be a small print? The blue I already used has dog footprints on it. All the colors are a small print.
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I agree
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Originally Posted by amma
A really deep dark blue would be pretty and not hard to match to this quilt. :D:D:D
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Originally Posted by ptquilts
I would pick the blue for an extra border.
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If you have any scraps left from the quilt, I would use those to make a matching border. Depending on the leftovers would determine how wide to make the border. The length of each strip wouldn't matter. They could be all different.
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I would go with the green if it coordinates with the backing fabric. Maybe a green that matches the darker green of the green fabric. Joanns has quite a few fabrics with puppy prints on them.
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I think the quilt is very cute and the size is ok for a baby. Just bind it and put a label with love.
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i think i would use the green and blue like you have them on the pics and then bind it with the red. just my opinion
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There are some really cute multicolored stripes, and some with hearts in them. I don't know the manufacturer, but if interested I could recheck my local quilting store. It is really cute. What clocks are those?
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Think it looks great as it is - if you really want to add a border would be cute if you could find something with the pink, blue, green mix like little marbles or something???
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Whatever you use, it will be just right. The love you put into that quilt comes through the loudest!
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I would do two one in the blue and one in the green.
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I like Irish Rose's idea! Love your quilt.
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so cute! I would put a border of the bright green, then piano keys with the pink, blue, and green.
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That is darling!
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A small floral or something like baloons or spirals or dots with the pink, green and blue.
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A dark blue would be great. I ran short for my borders recently and had to use a different material for my borders. I did have enough of the quilt material to put a square in each corner of the border and it came out looking good.
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I would do the pink.
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I think whatever you select will be fine. You have a good eye for the fabrics you already selected. Please let us know what your final selection was....
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Such a cute quilt. Not sure what to suggest for the border. Possibly prairie points in the multiple colors used in the quilt?
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The size is fine for a crib - newborns are much smaller than your quilt!
I would agree with the dark blue or a dark green border, not too wide. It's adorable as is, so if you can't find anything, bind it and gift it and smile :D |
I think all the suggestions are great. Maybe try a blue blender fabric then bind in pink would look good. Good luck, I think anything you choose will be great. I even think it is a good size as is.
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That is so darn cute. I also would go with dark blue.
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I agree with a cream or pale yellow to match that in the blocks. That quilt is so darn cute!
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