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I have this quilt top that i am doing for our guild charity quilt fund to buy batting and backing for our charity quilts I need to add borders but am at a loss what to do any suggestions on style and colors

Your quilt is beautiful! I'd buy a raffle ticket on it!!!
I think the dark blue would make a nice border. I am particular to flying geese. You have so much going on it the quilt that maybe just a plain border would set it off nicely.

My choice would be a dark fabric for the border. There's a lot going on in the quilt and a dark (reads solid) border will let your eyes rest. :)

I'm will alleoop a small plain dark blue would make a nice resting place for the eyes. just my 2 cents worth. love the quilt.

Beautiful quilt. I agree -- dark plain border would be best. Congratulations on a job well done and best of luck on the raffle ticket sales.

nice top

You could just bind it as is. I think that last border you have on now is really nice and could be your final border.

What a gorgeous quilt! Can I buy a ticket?

Exactly what I was thinking!

It's a lovely quilt ... bind it the way it is now.

I like the dark turquoise fabric and think it would make a nice border, then use a dark blue for the binding. And I would buy tickets, too.

I like this idea too.

Beautiful quilt. Unless you want it bigger, I would bind it just the way it is. It should make a lot of money for your guild.
Sue

I like the red for the final border and binding. I, too, would like to buy some tickets.

thanks for all the suggestions i was thinking of a solid for the border also would really like to make it bigger will post pictures when finished and would love to send you some raffle tickets when we have them available.

My first thought - doesn't need another border. The one on it is beautiful as is.

It really is a great top.

Narrow turquoise and wider red... making is consistent

I agree with Mck here, it doesn't need much.

It is a beauty!

Beautiful! I would bind at this point with a dark binding to frame it.

I would go with a dark blue solid border. Lovely quilt!

I think of your dark colors would look nice.

Why does it need a border? I love it just the way it is......any one of the fabrics would make a nice binding. Love your quilt!

Gorgeous quilt! Love the color combination!

I would audition 2 plain borders. First, a narrow one in a color not in the outer edge. Try yellow, turquoise or coral here.

For the second, I would try a wider border in one of the reds or the dark blue/black??? One of the combinations will please you more than the others.:)

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OMG how did you do that

If it's large enough, I think it would look complete with just a binding added to it.

I really like it.

Piano keys in the black,cream,tan of your square-in-square blocks? (I love the top!)

I think one of the darker colors would be good to make everything pop. But just like that. You got a lot of creative work going on. Any more than that might take away and be too much for the eyes. Love it!

Bind with dark blue would be my first thought.

I like it the way it is. I would probably bind it in red. If you really want a border, I would make a narrow one in red, and still bind it in red. This is a very nice quilt!

I think it looks complete as it is. You said you wanted it bigger so here's my thoughts. Continue the dark square at the corners another time. Then make a border of the light peach and dark teal

Wonderful suggestions! My personal choice would to use a solid color binding only. Since you would like to use a border, there is no doubt it will look fantastic as well. Whoever wins the raffle is lucky!

Beautiful!!

A dark blue border (wider than the very light one between the red) would look very nice then maybe a red one too. I think plain would be the way to go since there is so much going on in the quilt itself. Beautiful quilt!

Of the fabric auditions KarenK posted, I like the first one best and I would make the inner border narrower. Beautiful quilt. You did a wonderful job!

This is absolutely gorgeous! Did you design this yourself? You are so creative. I would simply bind it with a dark color, or, if it needs to be larger, use a dark border. Would love the pattern.

Pretty quilt.

The dark blue or green you have would be a make a great border and make the rest of the quilt pattern pop.

I would go against the majority and do another pieced border of some type. Even piano keys would be better than just a plain border. You could take any one of your pieced borders and repeat it or you could add checkerboard boarders.

Really love the quilt. I agree with most people, a darker border with a smaller inner border would frame the quilt and give the eye a place to rest. Using blenders rather than a solid would make the contrast a little less stark, and as the name implies, blend with the design.
Karen: Great design tool, nice to see in in the fabric.

I agree! I think a pieced border would be overkill and a plain border would look like you were just thing to make it bigger for no reason. I think it's perfect the was it is!! You did a great job!