Two colored border?
 

I'm making a child's quilt with lots of primary colors. Has anyone ever used two colors to do a border (red on the sides and blue on the top and bottom) or would it look too strange? I might mention it is a very busy quilt!

Yes, I have done that... looked really nice... the pattern I used was cobblestones and used bright colours...

Oh, good! The fabric(s) are the same as in the quilt, so I am going to try it!

Thank you so much.

Yes, I've done it and it looked great!!

What I did - I had 4 different colors (split rail) and really didn't feel like trying to do the edges exact so I just cut the 2.5 in. strips, sewed them together and then folded them in half and attached the binding. I liked the way it turned out. Didn't worry about it coming out exact, and others really didn't notice it wasn't totally exact.

I haven't but I think it would look really great! I never thought of that and now that you mention it, I might just try it!! Go for it!

I did this on a table topper this year. It turned out just fine and your's will too.

Well, I kept looking at the fabric I had (red, blue, and two yellows) after I saw some borders in a book, so I cut them all up in different sized strips. I sewed them together randomly and put them on as my borders. They look pretty neat! Guess I'm breaking all the quilting rules, but it's fun!

I have a couple of times used two fabrics for the border. Usually I use one fabric for the top and one side and the other for the bottom and the other side

I just finished a small quilt and each of the four sides was a different color. Looks great.

Yes I have and it looks good.

I just did this with a child's quilt. It was a large panel, all I had to do was add borders and quilt it. I used pink on the top/bottom and blue on the sides. Turned out great. Will have a picture in the next few days...

Another thing you might try is to put two or three colors across top and bottom, and three or four colors up and down the sides. They wouldn't even have to be the same measurements of each color. I've also done bindings like that. They were 12 to 28 inch strips sewn together. This looks especially great on a really scrappy quilt.

Here's one I made last year with primary colors and multiple colored borders. Hope it helps with visualization!

Yes I have done that and it turns out quite nice.