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Old 02-04-2014, 03:51 PM
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Question Suggestions for border and binding please....

I'm open to your suggestions for the border of this top. I must say I've got enough dark blue left, red and white. Don't suggest any of the colors in the little squares as these are satin
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Old 02-04-2014, 03:58 PM
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I think light blue then an inch of red and more light blue with dark blue binding.
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I would start with maybe a 2" border of the white (or whatever the width is of your letter blocks). It will make everything float. Then perhaps a thin light blue, a thin dark blue, white again. Bind with red. I would lay the fabrics out on one side to see what size strips would do the best. Just my thought. ) Ann
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Old 02-04-2014, 04:10 PM
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I'm with krafty14 a "float" with white and then other colours as suggested. A red binding would frame it nicely. Though if you had enough satin, you could bind with that.
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Agree ... a narrow white border will help finish the letters on the edge (H and E). After that I kind of favor a wide red border then bind in blue. I say red because in the quilt the red is in the center whereas the blues are on the edges. The wide red border will help pull everything together.
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Old 02-04-2014, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by DogHouseMom View Post
Agree ... a narrow white border will help finish the letters on the edge (H and E). After that I kind of favor a wide red border then bind in blue. I say red because in the quilt the red is in the center whereas the blues are on the edges. The wide red border will help pull everything together.
This is pretty much my thoughts too but I thought after floating with the white go with a 3" wide red then a 3" wide dark blue then bind with the red.
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I would frame with a narrow white border and then use a wide red border with red binding. That would really accent the message of the quilt and not detract from it.
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Old 02-04-2014, 06:12 PM
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No suggestions, but pretty quilt.
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Old 02-04-2014, 07:26 PM
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Agree with doghouse. show us what yodecide! :-)ec
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That is a fantastic quilt!! Did you design the pattern?
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