I have to agree with Kelly...I would go dark if it matched one of the darks in the quilt. To me, the patterned border takes away from the beautiful dark marbles in the quilt.

I agree also with the above poster who commented on fingerprints.

I think dark. I love your quilt too. But the dark is the prettiest, in my opinion.

Go to the dark side. LOL

Definitely the dark. It frames it up very nicely. It sure is pretty. I love purple and yellow together.

I also like the dark. Looks good.

I go with everyone else. I like the dark purple also. To me the light puple just doesnt bring the colors of your quilt out.

Another vote for the dark here.

Typically I'm in favor of dark and lots of pattern and not a huge pastel person, but in this case I think the lavender is WAY better.

-- The lavender really goes well with the creams and is a nice transitory note between them and the darker purples in the quilt. It lets you white point and your black point be within the pieced pattern and puts the focus where it should be.


-- The flower shape in the dark fabric draws the eye away from the piecing. It is more circular than your diamond design. Typically the similar round shapes would work well together, but eyes are more drawn to circles than rectangles so instead of being a subtle shape repeat the flowers are an equal draw for attention, even though your mind knows the big pieced diamond should be the star. This makes the border look eye catching, but also makes me miss the subtle details in the pieced fabrics.

I, too, find the flowers in the dark border fabric distracting. I think they compete a little too much for attention with the interior of the quilt. I do think the darker border shows off the quilt colors to better advantage than the lighter border; it's the regimental flowers I have a problem with.