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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.

Gorgeous! And it seems like you weren't the only one who liked it! Congratulations on your ribbon!

This is my way of thinking, also. I do what pleases ME, and if I think the quilt needs a border, I put one on. If I think it's better without a border, I leave it off. I don't worry about trends.

I'm with Mom-6 and Peckish...depends on the quilt. I am currently laying out and basting a string quilt (dragging my feet about it too!) it is borderless which I feel suits the style/pattern.

I think it's just a matter of preference. Some quilts seem to "need" sashing and borders, others don't.

I've seen them both ways the entire time I've been quilting or following quilters. I like the look of a border and sashing but I despise putting them on. So I do it both ways.

btw one of my current favorite quilt books is this one: skip the borders

Very nice quilt. Congratulations on winning the ribbon.

This quilt looks beautiful and obviously deserved the ribbon.

I think people have gone overboard with borders in recent years. It's nice to see some people abandoning them! I like borders if they incorporate or echo fabric that's already in the quilt, but just to add a border to make the quilt larger seems silly to me.

I also noticed a few newer quilts without binding which I think would be tricky to do but interesting.

It is a trend with most art quilts and modern quilts. Makes them look more modern and slick. I really don't like quilts without borders but to each her/his on.

When I made a quilt for my sister she REQUESTED no border for one edge to tuck at the top.
MaryKatherine

I think the reason a lot of vintage quilts didn't have borders was lack of sufficient fabric to make them. Quilts were made using up what was on hand so they probably didn't have the yardage required for a border. No matter what the trend is, aren't we lucky to be able to make quilts any way that pleases us?

I am big on borders. I let the quilt tell me if it needs borders. I have made quilts without borders and many with many borders. Often I use borders to make quilt bigger. One that I am working on now will have 6 borders. Do what you think looks good. Do not be a sheep and follow the herd.

Probably because access to fabric and cost were factors then.....almost the same now

I do both and like both. Right now I am making on that only has side borders. My first quilt with only two borders. But I liked the pattern so I am going with it.

BTW...beautiful example of one with no borders. Stunning quilting!!!!

I have to agree I think it is a modern thing. I just go with what I like with each quilt.

I like a border on a quilt. That being said if its a wide border , I prefer it to be pieced and not a single slice of fabric.

I do not like borders that are added in one wide strip, usually to make the quilt bigger. I like a border that is part of the design. Sashing is mini borders and something I try to avoid.

I think I've only put borders on one quilt by choice, a couple others by demand, and never sashing. Borders are not at all suitable for the designs I make and would do nothing but detract from the overall feeling of the quilt. They should only be used when they add to the design and never considered a necessary frame of some sort. Way overused in my opinion...a very 'cookie cutter' habit. :o I'm delighted to see less of them.

Personal preference RULES... No need to follow the trend! (If there is a trend...) If you work from patterns you are never bound to follow them exactly-- make it your way! I have gotten away from adding borders because I am just frankly sick of them. If they don't add anything to the quilt besides some extra size, I wouldn't use them. I also am sick of sashing.
Sometimes I wonder why people sash, when it obviously keeps their blocks from interacting and playing off each other. Sometimes it's just a shame that it was done, when the quilt would have had so much more movement and depth without it.

To each, their own... Just trust your gut feelings about each quilt you make and you can't go wrong.

WOW I love that one, I did a quilt pattern called diamond jubilee and I paperpieced most of it and to me borders are a matter of what you feel is right for the pattern you are doing, if it feels right add borders, if not leave it be... some patterns are not intended for borders and look great without them... something different, like thinking outside the box

That is absolutely gorgeous! Great job.

I have quilts my mom made probably 30-40 years ago--they don't have borders and she didn't put them together with sashing. And they were all hand pieced and hand quilted. I love them!

DITTO!!! I do the same thing with my vintage type quilts.

Actually, 2 of my gr. grandmothers quilts that I own do not have borders - Dresden Plate & Double Irish Chain. They are from the 1930/40s, so it is not a new trend!

I Think that in the "olden days" no borders may have been an economical issue.

Majority of my quilts have had borders....but I do whatever I want!

I also have that book- it has some great patterns. Now to decide which one to make.

I dont always add a boarder, I let the pattern decide that. I have some older quilts I made and looking at them now I wish I had only used a single boarder and not the 3 that the pattern had called for. It was and EB pattern and she almost always had 3 on her quilts....

I too don't care for quilts without borders...just don't seem complete. Hope it's not the way things are headed.