no borders
 

Have any of you noticed... a lot of the quilts do not have sashing or borders... is that the new thing.. I was looking at my latest and the month before Love of Quilting and lots of the quilts are borderless. Not sure I like ...but if it is the new thing, better get with it....lol

well I hope it's not the new thing as in all quilts must in future be borderless. I don't mind leaving a border off once in awhile but think I prefer them having a border most times.

Borders or not have both been around for a long time. I have always thought it depended on the quilt itself and its intended use whether I would do borders or just finish with a darker binding.

If you look at the vintage quilts (from the 1800's, especially) the pieced quilts usually did not have much in the way of borders. Often there was no border at all--the quilter just made blocks until the quilt was the desired size. It takes longer to make a quilt that way, because there's so much more piecing, but I tend to make mine that way. Just a personal preference, I guess.

I love borders, but I'm not so good at them......yet. Working on it. I like them both ways, but prefer borders. Practice, practice, practice...

I think it depends on the quilt design (pattern) sometimes I just want Prairie Points, or a narrow border, but sometimes a wide border of a beautiful fabric is just right.

No need to get with it if it is the new thing. Do as you like, it's your quilt!

I've been making a baby quilt inspired by Modernized D9P by Kristy Daum and it wasn't until I had my top finished and was thinking about borders that I realized that the original doesn't have any! Maybe the no-border look is part of the modern quilt movement?

I think that is part of the Modern Quilt movement. Personally I think it depends on the pattern. My current project is a fall panel that I added 3 plain borders to. Otherwise it would be pretty small.

Here is a photo of a quilt I made without borders.