What fabric would you choose?
 

I am making a quilt for my brother. The picture panel is going to be in the center and I am going to do 2 borders. I think they will be relatively large borders maybe like 10" wide each since I am trying to make it a twin size 72" wide. The panel is 36" X 44". I was going to do a black inner border to set off the panel. Then I can't decide to go with a brown, or green border for the outer border. What would you think will look the best? I have a couple picture of some different options.
--I like the fabric that looks like a wood board(for an outer boarder) but do you think it will take away from the panel picture?

--Then at the corner of each border I want to put one solid block with a deer/wildlife print fabric.
--The backing will be camouflage with leaves.

Thanks for your opinions!

I wonder, would a dark brown border or a light brown border look better if I were to go the brown route?

I would go with a golden brown and a small heather grey. That would accent the deer.

But, you could go a neutral light blue to pull out the sky.

You can audition your fabrics to see which one is the right look you are going for. Have fun and let us see you finished quilt when you are done. OK?

i love the brown pine cones and green pines to go with that beautiful panel

I would stick with fabrics close to the colors currently framing the deer.

What a gorgeous quilt -- I love your first picture!

I would go with a 2 1/2 - 3 inch strip of golden brown, color of the deer so it would frame the panel, and follow with a darker larger pieces that would drape over the sides of the bed. Just a thought. syl

great panel.all options look nice-sorry I can not pick a favorite

I think the wood grine would distract from the branches framing the panel. I think the brown batik, then the last one would be a good choice.

I like the last one

I agree ... I would choose something in a golden tone to match the deer.

Here's a suggestion ... instead of two giant solid borders use a narrow inner border, then a pieced block border, then an outer border (or even another narrow border between the blocks and the outer border to frame the blocks). Then you can use a mix of the different fabrics you auditioned to make the blocks.

Since your borders are going to be so wide, why not do a checkerboard border or another pieced border? There are tons of ideas. LOVE the panel.

Maybe my computer is seeing different colors but it seems to me the panel has very little to no green in it. maybe a blue batik

I think I would use the wood grain as the smaller inside border and use one of the pine cone fabrics as the outer border.

I would go with the brown batik and then the green pine...but it is going to be beautiful, no matter which of these fabrics you select. You have some good options. You just need to audition each and see what really looks best to you. Your brother is going to be so pleased.

Dina

I like the last one also.

I looked at the panel and thought of the blue before looking at your samples. You could put in a faux border to highlight some area. If you stick with the dark borders will it make it a dark quilt without a splash of a light shade.