Does this need a border or not?
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Does this need a border or not?
I just finished this quilt top. I need press, trim and either add a border or binding. I sort of think it needs a border, what do you think? I see tumbler quilts with and without. I think it could use it to make it a bit larger, still a bit small I think.
Tumblers with or without a border in general and what about this quilt?
I only have my quilting frame set to 10 ft. I have to be careful to keep it small enough to quilt myself too.
Thanks!
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Tumblers with or without a border in general and what about this quilt?
I only have my quilting frame set to 10 ft. I have to be careful to keep it small enough to quilt myself too.
Thanks!
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if you want to make it larger than either more tumblers or a border would make that happen- only you can decide if it needs it or not-it's a personal choice. you could if you wanted to add a border by appliqueing the top onto border fabric which would 'square up' the top without having to cut your edge tumblers. you said you need to add either a border or binding ??? generally binding is added around the edge of a quilted quilt to finish the edges of the quilted quilt sandwich...so, even if you add a border- you will still need to bind your quilt after quilting it.
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I just finished a tumbler quilt for a young girl at church and I added a 1 inch border, a 2 inch border and a 4 inch wider border. I really liked the way it turned out. I am going to put minky on the back. I like doing tumblers, it goes together fast but I take longer trying to decide where to place the tumblers.
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You could a one more Tumbler in all the same colour all around the edge to form a border. You could either bind the edge with the angles or cut the edge straight going through the last row of all one colour tumblers.
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