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DJ 01-03-2019 05:42 PM

Your thoughts/ideas ...
 
I saw this border fabric today and fell in love with it.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/6144452...elated-1&frs=1

I contemplated how I might use it, and thought it would make a beautiful complimentary quilt to the two chenille wall hangings I made last year to display in spring/summer.

So I searched and found this pattern which I think would/could work quite nicely.

http://quiltingdigest.com/showcase-a...an-easy-quilt/

It's very similar to Warm Wishes. My focus border fabric would be much wider than the Warm Wishes blocks.

I welcome your thoughts and maybe other ideas … Thanks.

SillySusan 01-03-2019 05:56 PM

Wow! I love the fabric and the pattern! The only problem I see is that your border being wider might create some math difficulties. I'm sure others here will have suggestions to make it easier.

Jaiade 01-03-2019 06:11 PM

I could be looking at this wrong, but isn't your border a true border design, which means it is directional? Will it work in both directions; i.e., up and down and across, like the sample? Won't it be upside down in one direction?

gingergrandma 01-04-2019 12:55 AM

Buy the fabric, it will drive you nuts if you didn't! You will eventually think of some way to use it.

seazteddy 01-04-2019 01:03 AM

Beautiful fabric. Too nice to pass up. I agree you'll find something to use it.

zozee 01-04-2019 01:16 AM

I was thinking what Jaiade said about the directional aspect with the pattern you linked to.

I do like how the bold floral print is showcased by brilliant solids in that quilt pictured. Peronally I'd keep looking for a pattern that would have all the flowers "growing upward" instead of any which way. Then buy the amount of fabric to fit the pattern.

Sandygirl 01-04-2019 03:47 AM

I am not sure that this is a repeating border stripe vs a true border print that runs the length of the bolt printed along each selvedge edge with the blue solid filling the space between the selvedge edge border print.

send a message to the Etsy shop owner to verify how the border is set up. She should text you a picture of the fabric still on the bolt so you can see the border.

eilers12634 01-04-2019 04:23 AM

check out dreamscapes one fabric kaleidoscope pattern. Looks great

JustAbitCrazy 01-04-2019 05:39 AM

The border you love is directional, the one in the pattern is not. Not sure if that would matter to you....

carol45 01-04-2019 06:40 AM

I have a friend who just bought that fabric to make a wall hanging. She's been trying to figure out how to use it, and one of her ideas was to have the skyline of a city in the background. I loved that idea when she sketched it out; I thought she could put a moon in there too. It looked fabulous, but she told me she's doing something else with it, which I can't wait to see. It is a gorgeous fabric.


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