quilts with borders on only three sides -
 

In some ways - if one only uses a quilt on a particular bed - and only with the borderless side towards the "head" of the bed - it seems to make sense to only put three borders on a quilt.

How many people do that? (Instead of the usual/customary borders on all four sides?)

I haven’t done it but it makes perfect sense to me.

I have done this before. It keeps the design alll the way up to and under the pillows

I was thinking the same thought for my bed quilt. Why add a border that won't be seen?

I think that used to be pretty common "back in the day". As well as putting on a beard protector, a piece of fabric over the top edge (usually a thin muslin, to protect the fabric from the coarse beard/grease and not the beard from the fabric!).

The only real downside is it definitely makes the quilt directional, but sometimes that can be a good thing. You ever have the does the quilt go this way or that way on an almost square one?

I was just thinking of doing that myself. one day I will!!

More than once I've debated which way is the better way to put that blanket/cover/quilt/spread on the bed because it was almost square!

I like to rotate the quilts on my bed and just like the look of all 4 sides.

I like to rotate the quilts on my bed and just like the look of all 4 sides. (I don't mean rotate which quilt I use, but turn the quilt around.)

Exactly the same with me. That's one reason I almost always make square quilts.